The Pat McAfee Show Live | Thursday January 2nd 2025

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St up damn it be a friend tell a friend. something nice could change their. [Applause]. [Music]. life hello beautiful people and Welcome. to our humble abone the Thunderdome on. the Sugar Bowl Thursday January 2nd 2024. this program starts. now football it's wonderful we've been. celebrating it obviously for the last. two weeks in a big way fresh off the.

field over there in Pasadena Rose Bowl. right here to Indianapolis Indiana as. the Sugar Bowl will kick off down in New. Orleans at 4 p.m. Eastern obviously that. was scheduled for last night after the. heinous act terrorist act that took. place yesterday morning that was moved. to today we will be chatting with Laura. rutage in the second hour who has been. boots on the ground throughout the. entirety of this she will actually be on. the sideline down there in New Orleans. at the sugar bow to breakdown everything. that we need to know that has happened. over the last 24 hours in who does this. favor yeah does it favor the Bulldogs.

who have already had a break or does a. favor of the Notre Dame team who gets an. extra day after having a tough one. against Indiana in 10° weather up there. in South Bend now they are trying to. punch the final ticket into the. semifinals of the college football. playoff Ohio State just beat the hell. out of Oregon Arizona State gave Texas. everything they could handle and I can't. wait to see cam scabo in the NFL he was. a leading passer receiver rusher I think. he had a couple tackles too somehow and. he puked more than anybody uh he put on.

an absolute show in a double overtime. Thriller that saw Texas inevitably get a. big time win and then obviously Penn. State beat Boise State to kick off the. entire round of quarterfinals now we. just wait on Notre Dame and Georgia. cannot wait to see how this fares now. you look at the first semi-finals that's. already been made down there in Texas. it's the SEC taking on the Big. 10 and you look down there at the Orange. Bowl it's currently the Big 10 waiting. who is it going to be an SEC team or is.

it going to be an independent Team all. the teams that have had buys got their. asses kicked early Arizona state was. even down a bunch going all the way into. the fourth quarter they come back. scraping claw and show that big 12 grit. to make that a game to take it into. overtime Oregon just got Gob smacked. early it was 31 nothing coming off of. bye you won the championship congrats. you get a byee from the first round what. do you get oh Ohio State playing their. best ball fresh off an ass beating a. Tennessee ready to roll you kind of got. to gather your thoughts this game's. already over and then you think about.

what happened with Penn State Boise. State early Boise State had two fumbles. in the first quarter I think there was. another turnover Penn State came out. flying after their massive win at home a. week before that in the freezing cold. it's like the first round buys I think. are going to be reallocated reched about. whenever we move forward in this 12 team. playoff but nonetheless college football. playoff football is better than no. football and we're lucky to be a part of. it all then obviously as we forecast ah. head into the weekend massive NFL games. Big Time implications there's playoff. implications on on the line there's. number one overall seed implications on.

the line on the NFC side so football is. buzzing and we're lucky to talk about it. all we'll have Coach saan joined us in. about seven to eight minutes to kind of. gather his thoughts on how it's all. going uh the talks to tables here at. boss Conor and at Tai shmir at one half. of the hammer Cowboys Z tone is here a. man who has coached football for 36. years of his life 18 in college 18 in. the NFL a man that I called head coach. one time absolute honor of mine not his. ladies and gentlemen Chuck pagonas CH. Chuck uh the by week has kind of become.

something here you know it's kind of. become a talking point as it should be. they say is it rest is it rust some of. these teams weigh like 3 weeks before. playing ball that's a long time while. another team is kind of gearing up you. can get healthy Isaiah Bond comes back. obviously for Texas and I know they had. to play in the first round but you can. get healthy and get guys back for this. entire thing but you can also get a. little bit too comfortable you can also. kind of fail on your fundamentals and. techniques you can also have to get like. woken up in the first quarter which all. these teams have had to do thus far is. Georgia going to be able to handle it. better than others you think because.

they've been in this situation before I. I think so they're such a fine line and. and Kirby's done this for for so long. and been in these games uh you know so. so many times he knows the right balance. it's always trying to figure out like. with the buys and you got two and a half. three weeks you know how much do we. practice how much do we rest how much is. walk through how much are we going to. tackle how much ball SEC all those. things that you listen to every head. coach that we talk to you guys talk to. on the sil what's the biggest concern. with you know having a couple weeks off.

it's our ability are we going to be able. to tackle are we going to be able to. take care of the ball and you saw you. mentioned ason Jenny and I was there for. that game you know with the in in Tempe. there for that game in in Phoenix the. Fiesta Bowl he hadn't he fumbled what. twice all season right and he's got two. fumbles you know in the first quarter. first half of that game so you're always. worried about knocking off rust you're. always worried about you know your guys. and the just the uh excuse me the. distractions you know in the in the.

period of time and listening to this. listen to that to maintain. Focus Kirby and he's been his boys will. be focused he's had delays before and. obviously Bowl games have had delays. there's been like month and a half. delays for like some teams that end up. play in in the semi-finals or in the uh. national championship before alone this. season but it has become a little bit of. a dispar you talk about Russ holding on. to the ball hitting people it's also. like game speed you know we saw Oregon. watching Jeremiah come AC and then like. eye candy and you haven't been like in a.

season it's like back to back weeks okay. so you're kind of in it whenever you're. out of that you can try to replicate it. in practice you can try your best to. replicated but whenever it's all. happening and then like check that's. your guy my guy what zone am I in what. am I doing having to get that all back. in in the first quarter of a college. football playoff game and the other team. knows that you got that [ __ ] to deal. with too so they're coming out trying to. kill and Chip Kelly and the Ohio State. Buck guys I think their plan their. strategy and taking advantage of the. break was evident I I think was very. very evident and also if you got that.

guy yeah yeah on your team I mean triple. coverage double coverage behind the line. of scrimmage down the field on the. sideline in the middle of the field I. mean where's number four let's go and. give him the Rock and then abuka. obviously is able to eat as well he's a. number one wide receiver on a lot of. teams Tate's a number one wide receiver. on a lot of teams but I think what I've. seen from this Ohio State team with. these ass these last two games Sho that. was filthy I was right there doing it. with him on the side I couldn't help get. excited the entire thing watching him. jump almost hit his head off the.

crossbar yeah he almost hit his head off. the crossbar there while he was jumping. and turning and doing his thing he's a. freak Show all season though there is a. chance now this is Chip Kelly's first. season as offense coordinator over there. but Chip Kelly obviously knows the game. there's a chance that like the way you. run your offense you have to take care. of a lot of people you know with the new. transfer portal with the nil with how. people feel like you can get a lot of. players plucked especially if you're in. there so maybe Chip Kelly was trying to. make everybody happy for a long time. maybe I'm not saying this is what he was. doing but I'm these last two weeks there. has been an obvious effort we are gonna.

Jeremiah Smith's going to get the ball. yeah and I I think that everybody okay. with. that hey guys we're going to throw to. number four Jeremiah everybody good with. that uh yes coach yeah we're good with. that okay good that's where it was very. obvious I mean in the Tennessee game it. was like soon as will Howard saw. Jeremiah oneon-one it was like I don't. care what this play is I'm going his way. and that happened last night a bunch of. times it was like I don't know what the. play was supposed to be but I do know. Jeremiah Smith is on the field so let's.

go and try to get him the rock there was. a couple plays where he wasn't in you. know and then as soon as he gets back on. the field it's like we know what is. going to happen here he's unguardable. and it don't matter it does not matter. and also I like the fact that this Ohio. State team is just trying to do whatever. they can to dominate people it's not. like Hey we're not going to try to prove. we're tough we are you know how we know. we're tough we're up 31 nothing on you. we're not going to try to prove that. everybody else on the team is just as. good which they are they got weapons. everywhere we got something that's. different than everybody else and he's a. 19-year-old Freak Show and uh he's.

seemingly work ethic insane coming out. of high school I guess he wanted to be. coached I think you talked to heartline. heartline like breaks it down he's like. hey all these guys that come through. here the wide receiver Corridor. heartlines guys they're all told like. Hey we're going to work we're going to. be this is how we're going to do it the. Buy in from that wide receiver room over. there in Ohio state has created just. greats through it all Marvin Harrison Jr. were like this guy yeah how you going to. get how you Jackson Smith and jig he. goes for 347 in a rows how you going to. get another one of these guys Chris Avic.

how you going to get another one of. these guys and it's like oh well here it. is the youngest one that is ever come. through here and he might be the best. one ever it's like what heart Line's. doing over there in that wide receiver. room Co offense coordinator it's like. what a dog what a recruiter what a coach. and what a team understanding what they. have value this Ohio State team is by. far the hottest team in football no. doubt right now in all the football you. know I guess you could drop in like. Cincinnati Bengals what they're doing. but their defense hasn't been as wellio.

State's defense is saying ah you're not. really playing either did you see that. last night what's that like every time a. guy caught the ball bam like dbut said. it stapled to the ground I mean they. knocked the living [ __ ] out of this team. they were so physical and nobody there. was no run after K there was nothing. nobody had any room to breathe and Chu. you know this if you can get to the. passer with four you got seven dudes. sitting back watching and with the way. Oregon operates which is a lot of. misdirection lot of quick Yak we're.

going to go do this they just swarmed. they had four Dudes on everything. seemingly on both sides and then Ransom. and Caleb D they were not they're hey Ed. Reed Troy Paul Malu type plays out a. ransom last night down in the Box. blowing people up then you're talking. about Caleb D just having a vision for. everything they got High football IQ. they got all the speed in the world they. got NFL guys at every single position. obviously they've spent the money to get. this team to bring in chip Kelly's. offens coordinator but everybody they're. playing against has done the exact same.

thing they're all buying in and that. Michigan loss is the greatest thing that. happened to this team Absolut because we. talked about this last night with AJ and. debuts on the sideline whenever you look. around and go what's the worst thing. that could happen to us what is the. absolute worst thing that could happen. to us well I guess we could lose to. Michigan this year okay so when that. happens that's the worst thing that. could you hit rock bottom okay what's. the worst our entire State not our. entire State I apologize for lumping all. Ohio State fans in there but it. certainly felt like that for majority. the entire state is bummed out about the.

team this is a waste of talent waste of. money we another year of not being able. to all the things are being said about. them they felt that too they felt that. in there and then all of a sudden what. we still got an opportunity yeah so. let's just go ahead we've hit rock. bottom let's be free and let's go hunt. and that is exactly what that team does. on the offense defense and special teams. they're kickers hitting that ball over. the net every single kick is going over. the net pure we're talking right down. the middle you talk about is missing a. couple kicks this Jaden Fielding kid.

who's kicking for Ohio State he in four. degree weather in Columbus he's hitting. that ball pure I like where they're at. on all three phases OB yeah all three. phases they are so talented but you. talked about it with heartline and then. recruiting so Jeremiah Smith festar. number one wide receiver coming out Uka. five-star number one wide receiver. coming out Carnell Tate festar number. three wide receiver coming out and then. Brandon inis or Enis depending on how. you want to pronounce it he was also a. five-star number five wide receiver. coming up so if you're a wide receiver.

right what they've got going on anywhere. in the country the first place you're. looking to go oh that guy that place I'm. going to have that guy coach me and. develop me cuz it's going to get me a. isn't it crazy too cuz it's cold like. normally you would think like SEC climb. now joining us now ladies and gentlemen. he's the greatest college football coach. of all time Superstar on TV Legend I. assume he's about to win some hardware. for TV as well you know I assume should. should they're going to be lined up I. think so as they should be ladies and. gentlemen West Virginia.

man college football. goat guy who loves a good meal he will. love good he will love good meal Nick sa. look at. [Music]. thisy you doing coach how you doing how. we doing today man okay so we saw Ohio. State beat the hell out of the sec's. Tennessee in freezing cold at home and I. I didn't know if that was Tennessee not. showing up or Ohio State playing just.

unbelievable football so I picked Oregon. to beat Ohio State what a what a what a. interesting decision that was cuz I. actually watched the Tennessee Ohio. State game and I saw how dominant they. were and then last night what they did. to Oregon was just all three phases. smothering what did you see from them. and by far the hottest team in football. right now in your eyes. clearly yeah I I think you hit the nail. on the head though uh I think that. having teams that had high expectations. externally. like we sometimes did at Alabama you.

know creates an anxiety you know on your. team that you know players play tight uh. they play not to lose I actually think. you hit the nail on the head when you. said when they lost the Michigan game. what's the worst thing could ever happen. now these guys are just playing free and. easy and going out there to play to win. uh everybody's making plays. quarterback's playing better everybody's. relaxed playing with confidence and um I. actually picked Ohio State because you. know when I saw the way they played. against Tennessee which was a dominating.

performance in all three phases I said. these guys are going to be hard to stop. if they continue to play that way and I. thought they would gain that momentum in. the playoffs so I'm I'm in 100%. agreement with you in terms of how this. team's playing right now and why what. about that guy right there coach. Jeremiah Smith they threw it to him in. triple coverage they threw it to him. when he had six eyes on them they threw. it whenever there was one guy they Chip. Kelly clearly said over the last couple. weeks hey number four is on our team. let's make sure we're utilizing him will.

Howard's best tag team partner is. Jeremiah Smith now granted they have a. run game so you can't have too much. outside the box or Judkins and Henderson. will kill you but this guy's a freak uh. coach and and we talked about all the. wide receivers that have come out of. this Ohio State wide receiver room this. guy might be the best of them all can. you ride a wide receiver to a national. title I don't think there's any question. about it you know when you have a. mismatch player like that um um you know.

Chuck knows this when you're a coach and. you know you got a go-to guy and they. can't guard the guy uh from a. quarterback standpoint I mean who makes. who better the receiver make the. quarterback better the quarterback make. the receiver better and you know when. you got a mismatch guy like this that. he's going to make plays in critical. situations I mean we had Julio Jones you. know back in what 2009 or whatever and. he was that kind of player and we had. lots of first round draft pick wide. receivers but he was the one guy that. you knew if you threw him the ball in a.

critical situation he was going to win. and he was going to make the play and I. think that's what they got in this guy. number four okay he advances obviously. to the semi-finals cannot wait to see. what Ryan Day in that Ohio State Buckeye. team continue to do Texas also gets a. massive win over Arizona State now the. first round Buys have proven to be a bit. of a detriment for the first half of. these teams that didn't play in the. first round same thing happened with. Arizona State Texas comes out and beats.

their ass early they're down big it was. like a a baseball score there for a bit. with a safety and a field goal for. Arizona State and then in the second. half Arizona State and cam scabo came. alive I mean this Arizona State team um. showed fight represented the Big 12 in a. beautiful fashion scabo even threw a. 40-yard touchdown in the entirety of it. all it's just like what happened with. Texas are you worried about this or is. this more of a celebration of uh Cam. scabo and what this Arizona State team.

is well I think Arizona State you know I. think psychological disposition is. really important in terms of playing in. big games and you know these guys talked. a lot of smack going into the game so. they had high expectations and they. thought they were going to go out there. and just dominate this game in the. beginning it didn't happen they got. frustrated but once they regained their. Poise in the game uh and just became who. they were they were physical Team all. year they ran scaboo physical guy. quarterback took advantage of. you know the their ability to run the.

ball and then make plays down the field. even though they don't have great. receivers but as soon as they became who. they they are they they competed and and. really almost you know kind of. physically kicked Texas ass a little bit. you know in this game so um and that. that's why I think it's so important for. whoever's playing in these games to be. able to stay who you are you know. control what you can control you control. what you do the game's always going to. be about about what we do forget about.

what the other team does that's. technical in terms of how we match the. patterns or how we block their fronts. but the rest of it is you got to focus. on what you got to do and quit worrying. about all this other outside. [ __ ] okay so let's talk about what. you can do Kicker for Texas is going. through it tone has a question for you. yeah coach I I feel like before will. rker you kind of went through this with. with some kickers and Texas's kicker. Bert Auburn he was first team all conf. last season so it's not like he is a bad.

kicker but this year he has kind of hit. a cold streak and then there was a a. video of sarc you know kind of talking. to him before that that final Miss kind. of you know giving him a pump up speech. in that situation when you've dealt like. kickers in the past I know coaches. either have well I'm going to talk to. him or I talked to Coach Bano this. morning he was like I just tried to stay. as far away as possible what was your. mindset and dealing with kickers when. they were either going through a. situation like this or. not well you can verify this was three. SA but when I saw that.

happening I said I never talked to these. guys when. I yeah amen said the save they yeah yeah. I agree I didn't I didn't want them to. think it was a different kick than every. other kick they had to make you know and. and be so concerned about the outcome of. making the kick that they didn't just. you know kick with confidence and go. through their normal rhythm of how they. do what they do um you know I mean I I. always go back to golf man as soon as. you think you got to make a shot you're.

going to make a bad shot so you got to. be in a right mindset all the time as a. kicker I didn't like you know I didn't. mind him going to talk to him for how. long it was and how focused it was okay. here's something but if a if a coach. wants to come up to a kicker and say. like hey we believe in you brother and. then just as you're going out there like. I don't think that's bad but that was. clearly not what his normal preck. routine is right like vinet ter if there. was a timeout he's going back to the net. he's hitting a ball into the net and. then he's jogging onto the field about. the same amount of time that would be a.

normal kick so like you ice him did you. really no he's also not staring at the. upright like this guy staring at the the. side that he's going to kick at the. entire time so I I think like the preck. routine whether it's Sark talking to him. or not I think was kind of bobbled there. I I think that was kind of a a. mismanaged situation and normally you'll. see guys just try to okay you're taking. a time out or whatever let's go ahead. and get back and then bang same kick. let's go out there and do it so if he. makes that kick I think people would. obviously celebrate the [ __ ] out of Sark.

but what you said to ree Davis was the. same thing that Darius Butler said as we. were watching it on the side no shot. he's talking to him way too long. obviously making the moment bigger which. it is you hit this kick we move on in. the college football playoff but I I. thought that was interesting Bert's a. good kicker he's missed a few now though. there's two yesterday and they missed. one against Michigan I think he's a good. kicker going to need to make them going. down especially with how these games are. going to get I think coach so if you. were kicker on our team and I was the. coach I'd be scared to death to talk to.

you before you kicked I'd be afraid. you'd tell me to go kiss off so yeah. depends on how I feel you know it. depends on how I depend it depends on. how if I just missed he just missed one. before that I think right he had just. missed one so then you come up if a. Coach was to give me like a hey all good. ass slap keep it moving I think that's a. okay but doing the full on yeah that's. an interesting moment yeah that's an. interesting moment that's a very. interesting moment now speaking of. moments we have one down in New Orleans.

taking place right now Chuck has a. question for you coach yeah coach um. based on the horrific and tragic events. that happened down there uh as a coach. you know this thing your team's geared. up you're geared up everybody's geared. up to go play and all of a sudden you're. postponed you know for for a day 24. hours whatever it's going to be how. would you handle that. situation well you know I it reminds me. of way back when when we got a call on. March 13th and uh we were in our first.

day of spring practice and they said. school's closed CO's in season might be. off you know we don't know when we're. going to play so in the team meeting I. first thing I said to the players was. whoever handles this disruption the best. is going to have the best chance to be. successful so I don't think anybody has. any experience handling a situation like. this that involves so much Public Safety. and you know how we going to make the. play safe so that we can play and. postpone in the game um but I do think. that that same concept works here you.

know whichever coaching staff can handle. this disruption the best with their. players and keep them focused on what. they need to do and and not be concerned. about when we played what time we. playing it's in the day it's in the. night it's in the parking lot I mean I. used to tell the players you know the. field is 53 yards wide and 100 yards. deep so no matter where we play that's. the way it's going to be and no matter. when we play that's the way it's going. to be so let's stay focused on what. we're going to do when we get inside the. rectangle and see what happens Hey.

whenever you when when you told your. team whoever handles these distractions. is going to win did you guys win or no. yeah we won a national championship. and but hey we gave them all a scale we. gave them all on Apple watch we knew. when they were working out I mean we got. turned in by the NCAA by 52 different. teams. but Shane Gillis was out there say you. see what this. guy all right all right all right all uh. the way you motivate and talk and coach.

and simplify everything it makes sense. whenever you like we hear you Bill bich. talk too it's like you and he are. speaking from the same exact point of. view but you and he also win on a. regular basis feels like you know you. got a lot of guys from your camp that. are out there trying to do the exact. same thing today's no different and this. first round has been a problem or first. round by has been a problem for a lot of. teams go ahead con man yeah coach after. you know the first three games of this. second round basically every team on the. Buy has come out slow and aside from. Arizona State most of them have been.

gotten absolutely slaughtered during the. game is there any real way to kind of. keep your team hot when you do have this. massive you know time off because it. wasn't just you know a onewe bu. obviously most of the teams hadn't. played since Championship weekend and do. you think Kirby did anything different. because of the fact that he has dealt. with you know a little bit of a break. before on his National Championship runs. well I think there's two things that you. worry about first of all is B security. cuz the ball handlers haven't been hit.

and then how you going to tackle on. defense uh because you know when you. practice you don't want to tack on take. people to the ground so you got to do a. good job of trying to th up and all that. type of thing but my thing was the first. years that I was a head coach at. Michigan State we lost five straight. bowl games and I tried to practice the. team to the game if you know what I mean. carry the momentum of the Season all the. way to the game and we got our ass. kicked in every one of them and then. when I got to LSU and other places you.

know I said we're going to treat this. like a onegame season and we're going to. back out from when we play to have 11. practices uh three or four of them Camp. practices the rest of them you know. preparation for the game and go play the. game and we had a lot more success that. way because emotionally you know the. players didn't have to worry about the. game for three weeks but this is. different because it used to be in. college everybody had a long time off.

before they played so we had a four team. playoff you play December 6th in the. secc championship game then you play. January 1st in the first round of the. playoffs every the other team was off. too so there didn't look to have a. difference in how people played but now. you got people that are being able to. play continuously with you know maybe 10. days in between games and then you got. somebody that's been off for 3 weeks and. I do think how you manage that is really. really important but um I I I'm telling.

you you need to go from the wherever the. game is and take it back like it's a one. game season and you're getting ready for. one game and just have the players work. out condition do seven on seven on their. own coaches not in their face telling. them what to do I mean not worrying. about the game not worrying about the. game plan because you can practice too. much for a game and you can lose a lot. of fundamentals if you don't practice. the right way and that's why we always. had three Camp practices just like we're. in Fall Camp do you think Kirby.

understands that though like I feel like. Arizona State Dillingham uh he's 31. years old this the first time his team. showed up for him too and his speech. last year I think at the end of the year. how close they were he said with. everything we're doing behind the scenes. it's almost like what coach Dan Hurley. did with Yukon but obviously Yukon goes. on to win multiple national. championships but coach dillam over. there he said we're close I see. everything we're doing behind the scenes. I think we're close they come out they. do they put up a fight against Texas. almost win that game should have won. that game I mean helmet the helmet.

helmet the helmet that's game over. that's first down that game's over. nonetheless it's not called then you. think about what happened with Boise. State they've never been in that. situation this particular Boise State. team never been in that situation before. Oregon you would think like okay. lanning's been around he's been in but. they haven't had to deal with it Kirby. has had to deal with this type of thing. before you would think the Georgia team. would be ready how do you feel about. this 4:00 game and how do you think. Notre Dame takes advantage of maybe. Georgia not play for a while are they. going to try to do what chip tried to do.

to Oregon I think Chip Kelly knew hey if. we come out and bomb them early they're. going to be in a whirlwind because they. haven't played in a while do you think. you think Marcus is thinking the same. thing for Notre Dame or how do you think. this thing goes. early I think Georgia because of the. experience they have playing in these. games and they've had to play games. playoff games lots of playoff games. where they had a significant amount of. time off uh I think Kirby's got a lot of. experience managing um you know that.

situation probably do it fairly similar. to the way we did it so um I I it's you. never know if time off is a good thing. just like by weeks people talk about by. weeks during the season as being a good. things sometimes they're good things. sometimes they're bad thing you know. when your team has good momentum you. just want to keep playing and roll on if. your team's beat up and hurt and tired. you want to have time off to get them to. rest and recover but uh I think every. every one of those things is. circumstantial and I think in Georgia. case they had a lot of guys injured you.

know toward the end of the season so. they they probably. um will benefit from having some time. off. actually I'm excited to see what Notre. Dame tries to do early because they had. that 98 yard touchdown run what in the. first quarter against Indiana which set. the tone for it basically now Indiana. was able to tighten it up they were able. to tighten it up 277 is that game but. like they're very focus on the run on. the run on the run you would think that.

physical could maybe beat down Georgia. if they're trying to find their bearings. yet again but to your Point Georgia. knows that they're going to run the ball. so Derby's had a few weeks here now. knowing that the run's coming and I. think that I'm excited for this game at. 4:00 I think we got another really good. one on our hands and obviously it being. delayed another day helps up go ahead I. think two things for Georgia number one. they got to do a good job up front. building the fence on these r and stop. the run which means they got to tackle.

well and they can't put all the pressure. on the secondary making tackles in space. cuz that's that's going to be a problem. and the second thing is is can they keep. Gunner Stockton out of long yardage. situations where this guy has to make. plays if they can keep him sort of on. schedule where the down and distance is. in his favor you don't know if it's a. run a pass a bootleg whatever that's how. he'll operate the best but if they have. a lot of self-inflicted wounds and get. behind the sticks then he's probably. going to have a tough time and that's. when Notre Dame is going to Dow it up on. him and give him some looks that he's.

probably not ready for and what happened. in the Texas game when he threw that bad. interception may happen again okay so if. you look at all these teams that have. made it already Quinn ERS and they. talked about his check on Fourth and 13. with the blitz coming and telling ad he. can spin it if he has to Drew Aller Penn. State he can spin it if he has to will. Howard can spin it if he has to I'm not. saying Riley can't spin it but he hasn't. been able to prove it to be able to be a. passing back to win now he can run. better than all those guys and what he.

has on the ground is certainly. impeccable Gunner also the big. conversation is like hey he can run in. this entire thing to win it all are you. going to have to be able to spin it in. the NFL for instance there's always you. know the conversation about the drop. back passer is dead the pocket passer is. dead you're going to have to be able to. extend players you're going to have to. be able to run but at some point during. your playoff run quarterback is going to. have to hit a third and 12 ball that is. going to have to be right here to extend. a drive in quarter you're going to it's. going to show up at some point you're.

going to have to be able to spin it. Riley or Gunner at this point do you. think is the right guy that's going to. be able to do that cuz we don't know. [ __ ] about gunar does he have that in. him and then Riley do you think he has. that in him as. well well I I I don't think Riley's a. great sort of down the- field passer I. think he's a smart guy that'll throw the. ball to the right guy and take the check. down take what the defense gives I don't. think he's that guy's going to drive the. ball in there in a critical situation he. does have have more experience so he's. probably got a better chance to make the.

plays than gunar but um you know nobody. knows what Gunner's going to do no. nobody knows you know how he's going to. respond to this situation if he's going. to be able to go out there and play with. confidence or not but I think if Georgia. wins the game it's going to be because. they're the more physical team that. that's going to be the key for them. they're going to have to run the ball. they're going to have to stop the run. they're going to have to win on the line. scrimmage and I agree with you 100% it's. hard to win in the NFL if you don't have. a quarterback I live through that. several times all right in Cleveland in.

Miami I I I I get that I understand that. part of it and I think that's true in. college football to a larger degree too. um so hard to win if a quarterback. doesn't play well and the people around. him have to play well so he can play. well and I think that's probably more. important for Georgia than ever okay uh. playing tough you know like nice Ram. truck football hey there was a couple. Ram trucks last yesterday Ohio state had. like three of them on one dve. Ransom hey wait he when he cleared up I.

mean they're thumping people right now. that Ohio State playing free everybody's. playing Caleb Don him and Ransom they're. a problem they are an I don't know if. they're making their own checks too to. come down and kind of playing their own. ball or if NOS is telling them or he's. giving them the freedom to do that. they're everywhere they are everywhere. Ransom and Caleb it's old school safety. play coming out of that Ohio they're F. they're obviously very very well coached. cuz they were on everything to your. point there was like no rack no Yak no.

nothing when guys caught the ball guys. you know took a handoff they had. multiple bodies around them and there. was no Rack or Yak like I said and they. were stapled to the ground I can tell. you there was a couple times where Caleb. was not happy with how quickly the. defensive call was getting in cuz he was. then looking to yes make his own checks. and calls yeah Caleb obviously going. hold on let's see please can we wait to. see what they want to do Caleb's a. genius right Super Genius football guy. yeah but he he's not a very patient guy. and if you don't get to call in quick.

I've got a couple bad looks from him. last year based on that I wouldn't. calling the defensive so but he knew I. was the guy getting on the defensive. caller's ass so hey can we hurry this. thing up around he to know he wants to. know what's the call what am am I. supposed to do what can I look at so I. can anticipate what's going to happen in. this formation with this motion and all. that type of stuff cuz he's that kind of. player a lot of guys aren't that kind of. player but he is but the one thing. they're doing a lot of which is helping. these safeties is they're buzzing these.

safeties down inside the Box a lot more. than he did early in the season and I. think they're both those safeties are. making a lot more plays because of that. open field tackling out of those two fun. to watch you know because there's a lot. of plays that could have been made last. night that ended up being like three. yard gains but you break one tackle. you're talking about rack and Yak that's. an eight n yard gain now all of a sudden. you're on schedule you can continue to. move instead Caleb sets his feet outside. thigh board saws it out gain of two who. he's the one putting the four up as. opposed to James G and then Ransom I.

didn't know he had it like that I had no. idea he had we're talking about Jeremiah. Smith freshman water Caleb's sophomore. Caleb's true sophomore in this entire. thing they're young over there still. playing great now tonight's winner four. o'clock game winner will take on a Penn. State team that is very good Ty has a. question for you coach yeah coach so a. lot of people talking about Penn State. you know kind of for the last couple. years here it's been hey James. Franklin's record against you know top. 10 teams or top five teams and then a. lot of people were bitching about their.

their path to the semifinals now you. know whatever you want to say about SMU. and Boise State but they've looked you. know pretty solid do you think um. there's something to them maybe like. exercising those demons and now that. they've won two games in a row that it. doesn't necessarily matter who the next. opponent is they have the you know they. actually feel and believe like they can. win this whole. thing yeah I actually think that um. because and I know Penn State hadn't. played the same level of competition in.

two games although those teams are very. good um their offensive line though and. those two running backs they have these. guys have been able to run the ball. effectively uh in the last few games uh. very impressively and then to have a. quarterback that can play behind a. running game like that with play action. passes and uh staying out of long yardy. situations I think they're for real and. their defense is playing really well too. so I if you just go on how well teams. are playing right now you know Penn.

State and Ohio State are probably. playing the best that doesn't mean they. necessarily going to win or that Penn. State's going to win but uh I do think. they're playing extremely well the. quarterback's playing well they can run. the ball well look I was worried about. Oregon all because you guys saw that. film I showed yesterday they gave up 15. explosive plays to Penn State in in in. the Big 10 championship game now Oregon. won so people never paid a lot of. attention to that and I was really.

really concerned if their defense was. going to be able to hold up against Ohio. State and obviously they weren't able to. and uh it really really showed but I. think Penn State is playing well on both. sides of the ball and I think you know. they're a very good team I'm a Believer. I was not a believer in Penn State early. on I'm a Believer right now yeah and I. think the more I learn about what Penn. State is doing behind the scenes it's. like everybody's talking about you know. Texas has a bunch of money Oregon has a. bunch of money Ohio State has a bunch of. money obviously these Michigan has a.

bunch of money especially now Larry ell. become a Michigan guy because of his his. like it's like Penn State is they're all. in right now on trying to win football. they're deep too they they nobody talks. about it because Penn State has never. it's always Ohio State or Michigan in a. big 10 so Penn State's kind of like the. cast aside like yeah they're going to be. good but they're never going to be able. to really make it it's like their. athletic director Pat C he's a former. linebacker football guy and uh he's. doing business up there at Penn State. shaking hands getting everybody to Rally.

they're spending they are trying to win. it all up there and Hower if he was up. for the draft I think this year with how. tall he is The Moxy he has and his arm. talent that He had and he can move can. move I mean this draft process would do. him very well I think if he was to sit. down and have these meetings you're. talking about maybe number one overall. pick in this guy he's coming back he. he's got another year it's like Penn. State's setting themselves up here for. the Long Haul and allegedly Singleton. and Allen who both Juniors they're going. to be coming back too allegedly for the.

B running back it's like Penn State. setting up here you could talk about the. teams they played but both those teams. that they played were ranked very high. in rushing defense and they've they've. been like their man meet has man meated. over the other two teams and um but they. need to get ABD Carter he needs to make. sure that he is healthy for this one. because he is absurd that was a first. quarter situation right you ended up on. the bike and being on the field for that. game like TV doesn't give you an. appreciation on just how big and. physical and athletic a team is Penn. State has got a like I've walked in some.

some stadiums like when we went to go. play Pittsburgh one year and Coach we. were going through warm-ups you know. sometimes you look at the other team. just going through warm-ups we're in. freaking trouble today they look so much. bigger and better than us and more. physical and more athletic like and give. Boise credit they had a hell of a season. but that Penn State team I mean that. tight end Tyler Warren he's like 69. 357 lbs this guy is an athlete man they.

are a good-look team to what you just. said though coach like I think that's. whenever you have the alumni and. boosters all that's how you get those. guys you know like Tomlin told Chase uh. young he said hey I ain't never going to. lose enough games to get guys that look. like you in college to get guys that. look like that you're going to have to. be active and Penn State certainly is. they talk about behind Warren there's a. freshman who. is the whole team looked like that good. he got the same hair you got great too. you that that that that was kind of my. argument Pat about you know the.

committee going to watch some games. because what Chuck just said is really. true when you stand on the sidelines and. you look at a team you see how physical. they are that goes a long way in. football you know Parcels used to say. the heavyweights don't fight the. lightweights in boxing for a reason it. has nothing to do with. skill if they have equal skill the 139. lb guys not going to beat the 215 lb guy. all right so that's why we always had.

big physical teams that's what we. recruited that's what we look for ble. che's the same way um now they got to be. players don't get me wrong but little. guys have a hard time beating big guys. yeah and that's how football's always. going to be and that's why it's a. beautiful game beautiful sport cannot. wait to catch today's four o00 Sugar. Bowl coach you've had a hell of a season. can't wait to see you next week down in. Miami yeah well I'm looking looking. forward to it no doubt but if I was an. Oregon fan I I have to say this cuz this.

kind of bothers me and you're the 13. and0 number one seed and you got to play. Ohio State in the first. round yeah I'm not an internet guy but. if I was an Oregon fan I'd be on the. internet screaming about that would you. be in your basement your underwear too. doing it is that what you're doing I. know you love those internet living in. my mother's. basement are M's basement is a beautiful. thing as well hey we app appreciate you. so much. coach all right man you guys have a good.

one ladies and gentlemen happy New Year. happy New Year ladies and gentlemen. coach Nick yeah coach yeah he I don't. know if it was on our show or on game. day he did a full speech about how this. committee is always in like a conference. room every time we see them they're in a. conference room in a conference room go. on a sideline go watch a game go see who. you're actually picking to go against. whoever and obviously Arizona State. shows up in a big way before the college. football playoffs say a. but how it has been thus far is like hey.

the teams that have been favored are. favored for a reason and the teams that. have been seated higher have been seated. higher for a reason and they have won. and that might just be how college. football is every single year and I'm. not saying it's the same teams that are. going to be dominant but there might be. a Line in the Sand of like hey these. teams are great this year and these. teams not so good there's also a. situation that happened yesterday I. don't think Oregon played their best. football and that happens in football. sometimes you just don't show up on a. certain night Dan Ling said it he was. like that Ohio State team I don't think.

they played their best against Michigan. we obviously did not play our best. tonight and we got taking advantage. that's football in a nutshell I don't. know if they'll ever be able to get it. right but he was pissed that we're going. to lose out on Ohio state of Oregon in. the final four because if it was just. four teams it was just a four team. playoff Ohio State and Oregon would have. both got in now only one of them's there. and he's like that's that's is this how. we want this to be it's like I don't. know how you get it right in the future. but if you're an organ fan I I can see. how you'd be upset about the setup of. this it feels like it's not going to be. that way next year they're they're.

already reporting that they're looking. at that the conference winners not an. automatic buy but an automatic bid so. that'll take away from that hopefully um. but to your point about like you know. sometime some teams some programs sorry. excuse me there was a 10-year period. there where we knew every single year it. was going to be Georgia Bama Clemson or. Ohio State winning and some yeah I mean. they get they get the best recruits they. have some of the best coaches like. that's just how it's going to work more. schools get a shot to shine though yeah. they Doo you know I mean more more. schools get a shot to shine no doubt.

quarter finals certainly I like that I. like I like that idea about if they. could actually go see these teams well. they should I mean that's a whole. another go spend some I mean just. because you know he's coach is right I. mean you just like okay this is but then. Arizona state would have never been. considered yeah having a shot against. Texas you know because if you look at. the size of those two like it's going to. be a vastly different thing are West. Virginia I always think back to our West. Virginia team too about how I think we.

could have played with anybody and we. did we beat like damn near everybody. except for pit on one particular night. but we beat Georgia down in Georgia we. beat uh Mississippi like we beat a bunch. of these bigname teams Oklahoma out. fiest like we beat the big names but I. think if you're were just to look at our. roster and the amount of stars that. everybody had and the size at every. single position I don't think you would. put us up to have a chance against those. teams so like some teams are just built. different like that Arizona State team I. think had a bunch of dogs they do have. dog they had a bunch of dogs that can. outplay what the visual Optics are but a.

majority of the case in football bigger. stronger faster team is going to have. quite an advantage and that's just kind. of how it is and some of these teams. have those dudes so it certainly should. be brought to uh the conversation but. with the way the college football season. happened this year it was like Vandy. beats Bama Oklahoma beats Bama this team. beats this team this team supposed to. win they have such a better team on. paper than this team but they didn't. show up that day it's like I don't know. how you ever get it right I don't know. how they're ever going to I don't think. they ever are you could open I think up. to 64 teams I think people would still.

be pissed I think doubt it would cuz. football you never know who's going to. show up like matchups are a problem all. you need is one good matchup if you get. a defensive end that has a tackles. number he can wreck the entire game it. doesn't matter who's on what side of the. thing it's like that's that's why. football is great but it's also why it's. hard to project who the best teams are. without seeing them actually play each. other yeah and I think that's why it was. like a massive feather in their cap that. the Arizona State Texas game ended up. the way it did because if it would have. you know like when we went down to the. field I mean like we were all Gob.

smacked when we heard like oh they just. tied it like this is about to go into. overtime like this would have been. another blowout then I think it would. have been a lot louder but also one of. the thing like what we're talking about. with the SEC if you do the you know just. going down to the sideline and and like. that would skew very heavy SEC cuz like. the games we've done you go down there. and it's like SEC Penn State yeah Penn. State Ohio State there be it would be. all the teams that have once again that. are getting all the five star recruits. the massive backing the reason why those. dudes are five-star recruits is because.

they're bigger stronger faster than. everybody you know cam scabo has been. doing this since he was a toddler but. because of how tall he is he was you're. going to San Jose State or whatever it. was like the big- time recruits are the. dudes who are gigantic and they are the. ones that are fighting for this big time. nil money whenever it comes to signing. day and everything like that so if you. were to look at just size all the teams. with the most money are going to be the. ones that are going to have it that's. just how it is but there's a reason in. football why that works you know that is. a benefit in football but if you don't. show up every week how can you trust it.

how can you trust it I don't know yeah. and even Boise though like you think. about that Boise State game and. obviously they ended up getting killed. but like it was much closer it felt like. than the actual score kind of showed. like that first drive they drive down. the field they shank a field goal okay. obviously is an understatement shank is. is an underst Stadium pressure was very. high if we're talking about NCAA 2K 28. yeah I mean it was moving and then they. threw what three picks they had the. fumbles that basically never never. happened during the season for jinty. like a lot of things basically.

everything went wrong for Boise State so. like they still were able to hold their. own but it's like those high pressure. moments that those guys those five stars. those bigger schools it feels like are. used to versus like a Boise State type. school yeah so that game's going to be. 24-21 you know in the third quarter and. they get that penalty they throw a touch. they throw a touchdown pack a number 17. strien and they got a hands to the face. and they bring it back and they end up. getting no points on that otherwise it's. a three-point game and it's a little bit. like Texas in in Arizona State Texas let.

him hang around they let him hang around. hang around at 173 then at 175 they get. a safety they don't run the ball for. whatever reason I was going to ask coach. if he was surprised that saring them at. Texas with the running backs that they. have didn't commit to running the ball. especially with the size you have they. let them they let them hang around just. long enough and Dillingham they don't. care the way they talk and they do have. dogs and they got swag and they got. scabo and that next thing you know it's. 248 and then that's fourth and two and.

he throws a halfback pass for a. touchdown and then you're in a dog fight. now and also clearly helmet to helmet. yeah big time I mean that was clearly. helmet that game over yeah I think and. that's another part about it like do you. think the conversation is how are they. going to call that if the if the game's. on the line yeah well and once again you. got that's first down you're driving in. to kick a field goal at least Arizona. State's kicker he going to be able to. knock one in he already did there there. but like that's clearly hel down we saw. this we saw this down on the field cuz.

we had already left and I'm like oh what. happened here first down they go down. they're like no no call I'm like what do. you mean no call no flag no nothing I'm. like what how's that even happen so that. may be to your point like in college. football like cuz it's not targeting and. it's not an ejection there's they don't. have the 15 yards like in the NFL that's. 15 well je kicking nobody out Jean. stator tweeted this morning yep every. single part of the rule yeah uh was. broken here this should have been a. penalty but to this yeah here's Jean. terator pison Legend NFL ref college.

basketball ref now cbs's authorit on the. rules my phone has been burning up all. morning yes it should have been a flag. for targeting in Texas ASU it meets all. the criteria a targeting if you want to. check me it's rule. 9-1-4 you can get through it all but. they didn't call one earlier too on. Texas uh Isaiah Bond during a pick he. takes a massive shot down the middle of. the field and they didn't call this. either so I appreciate that the refs had.

kind of state like this bang that gets. called all the time yeah that gets. called basically every single time in. modern football I mean that is that just. kind of a call so they didn't call this. one they didn't call the other one I. think the refs will say we were. consistent with it but whenever you take. that highlight minute some left Arizona. State Driving in Texas goes in and goes. helmet to helmet and they say n nope I. don't know what you're talking about. that is going to because then people say. well what if Texas went as side of this. if Texas was on the offense and Arizona. state did this against them everybody.

just automatically assumes they would. have called that they would have called. that for Texas they don't call for. Arizona State because they don't want. the big 12 team to win I think the refs. would say hey there was one earlier we. didn't call either it's kind of we're. letting them play out here which I can. respect as well I I can respect the refs. calling their game just like Oregon Ohio. State those refs were hands off yeah it. was awesome hey we're out of this thing. five penalties I love that I think the. first one came like third quarter it was. want is a bunch of Rags on the field. exactly and if they're going to call it. consistent though like if you're just.

going to be cons consistent and it's. just like offens and defensive pass. interference right like at the end of. the game you got to believe that the. moment you know late in that game. there's what a minute left and they're. going to win that thing in regulation. that you don't think that comes in the. back of those those officials Minds oh. definitely do I want to win game yeah. cuz it's cuz it's game over I think. they're going down kicking field goal k. a field goal they'll burn all the clock. Arizona State went now do they hit the. field goal that's the question Texas. they had a kicker that struggled as well. 26 I think here's the thing about.

kickers yeah they kicker a big mental. thing okay kicker's a massive mental. thing that's why you talked about before. will rker at Alabama having a kicking. issue it's like when every game is a big. game okay every single game is for. National Championship like on kickers. that is literally the thing is mental. and can you execute in the biggest. moment so a lot of these big time. schools people are like well how come. they don't get the best best kicker it's. like well this dude probably talent-wise. is the best kicker but he has to deal.

with a pressure every single kick that. this point matters this point matters. this point matters this point matters so. the guys that can withstand that through. a college. career mentally ready to go to the NFL. that's why whenever you get a kicker. from one of these smaller schools and. I'm not say there's been a lot of I mean. Adam V is my guy he came comes from. South Dakota State you never know what. they're going to be like whenever it. matters like what is it going to be like. whenever every single point matters. especially in the NFL when there's money. on the line so like Auburn I think he's. going to bounce back I think he's had a. lot of massive moments for them but that.

those are big kicks and mentally if you. just get a little doubt I mean it's. going to be hard to find that sweet spot. that's about that he was all first team. All Conference last year good kicker and. like he was I I just looked it up he was. 85% his entire career and now he's 65%. this year like that's that's mental. that's all mental all it takes is one. little one little smidgen of self-doubt. at all just a and you it's over and then. you're trying to find it like like shark. like no that ain't going to work well. they loveed that he was doing that at.

the time then he missed the kick but he. missed that first one right go back to. the first one and he misses to the right. there watch his stroke he stands up tall. doesn't lean at all obvious push trying. to force that one in you know he's. trying to like force that one in doesn't. want to pull it then this one watch him. he falls off of it go to the second one. please then the second one he falls off. of it Miss to the left two very clearly. different. swings yeah like it's just those are two. different that's and that's whenever in. mentally it's like he's hoping this game. gets over with all over the get me out. of here get me to a practice get me to a.

practice field so I can get back to this. because once you start battling that and. once again this is going to be good for. Auburn going forward I think mentally. having to deal with it even though it. seems like it's a nightmare you still. win the game so people are going to. forget about it hopefully soon what have. you done for me lately you can hit a big. kick L but he couldn't wait to get to. the practice I assume he's kicking today. thank God they won exactly you can you. imagine no especially with all the money. and everything oh no MM in Texas oh my. God. yeah I don't know how many throw your. phone away yeah throw and also he's a.

senior I go and disappear too that's one. of those ones where you try to get out. of the way yeah you can't go you can't. go down and get any barbecue down there. black in all can't no with the next game. being in Texas could have been in that. too cotton B cotton which is interesting. here Ohio state has to travel down to. Texas to take on Texas very much so. fascinating very very fascinating now. with the Buckey travel yes yeah massive. favorites. I think Buckeye faithful will travel. down there oh yeah because they know. that this is potentially Texas at home.

against Ohio State in the semi-final. game so I think the Buckeye the Ohio. folks will want to show face and make it. happen but that's an interesting setup. for this particular game well you said. every everyone you know it kind of feels. like everyone's back on Ohio State after. everything with Michigan and I think if. there was anyone left who was kind of. just like H we still got to see like. after they beat the [ __ ] out of Oregon. now everyone's like okay this is a. national championship team so like if if. we can go down to this game like let's.

go fill it up MH we'll be doing our uh. field pass again for both these games I. mean we don't know why we don't know why. we get the opportunity to do this we are. very are Phenom they're so fun we. enjoyed it we really do and and I. realized in a moment there and I and. I've said this before a lot of the. things we do are for the people that. watch the show like we're trying to give. you guys a good time we're trying to. give people an escape we're trying to. give people comedic informative sports. stuff every single day trying to have. fun trying to have some laughs trying to.

inform you what's going on that's what. our show's mission is do we always hit. the mark no do we miss sometimes of. course do we hit more than we miss. definitely it's why we're [ __ ] who we. are but those games as field pass ones. those are for us we have a blast I have. so much fun out there I I think there's. you know people that watch it and enjoy. it boy I there's some people that really. hate us on that sideline yeah do they. know it's the there's another there's 12. other casts if they want well we have it. on the screen at the same time but I.

don't I don't think people see it I. don't think they know the herb Street. Fowler out there I don't there was. skycasters out there there was a blimp. cast out there I'll tell you what that. blimp I appreciate what it is in the. history of sports americ The Good year. blimp and everything sure the more I. think about why is anybody getting on. that thing like Jen Lada got on there. and I was watching it and I'm like don't. what are we doing why would you get in a. horse and buggy right now that that was. like that was a way to to travel through. the sky what a hundred years ago we. don't need to do it anymore not see the.

movie hot air balloons like did you not. see the movie which one Hindenburg okay. see that's what I'm talking about now. hopefully silent film The Good Year. exactly the goody year blimp is. obviously better than that we would. assume uh and it has a success rate and. it's very safe Jen got in that thing. that thing was pointed like this she's. taking that thing off going straight up. to the sky it's like she's got a lot. more courage than I do they would have. showed me that thing you hey how about. you get on the iconic good your blimp. congratulations I go hey how about you. go [ __ ] yourself she I'm not getting on.

that she talked to us about it we were. talking to her while you guys were doing. game day she wasn't thrilled about the. idea at first either but then she said. once she got on it was kind of nice yeah. it's kind of cool the but Jen's a dog. Jen L is a dog she tells phenomenal. stories man she'll have me crying every. single week basically up there and then. she got on the blimp and I'm like don't. Jen we need you we got a good playoff. Bush going on we be getting into. [Music]. some hard to see there what's that yeah. from the the field hard to see the game.

yeah yeah we have no idea is that a gain. of four or seven I mean very important. have no idea or maybe 13 you get a great. perspective on how good looking a team. is in this but trying to follow a game. impossible tough blocking schemes and. figure see we actually do have some good. like angles on that stuff like dbut and. AJ were able to see like some checks. that were happening at the line cuz it. was happening right in front of us which. is good but once again you have no idea. if that's a sack a loss or a gain of. four whenever plays happen cuz you're.

looking at the end so that's either. massive win for the. defense uh kind of a a stalemate or a. big win for the offense and you have no. idea what just happened so you got to. look up at the Jumbotron and you look at. Jumbotron and they're showing like a big. play and you don't know who it's on so. we got to wait for it and then you go to. the we have a little M the people that. were working for us this time were. awesome yeah they were great cameraman. great monitor holder great audio people. great that was the BET Ben dish great. that was the best we've had that was the. best we've had I think don't you think. yeah yeah I I'm not sure uh your guys is.

our camera guy murf was the man okay so. you exactly this this time I think was. the best crew of people that we were. working with I think everybody kind of. understood what was going on yeah every. once in a while they'll drop a new. person in Super Genius they need to. figure it out like just please come. on come on this time was the best I. think it's going to be the same crew. going forward which is good and but I. think I mean it is going to be the same. yeah but we have fun we enjoyed it all. right next hour we'll have AJ Hawk Laura.

rutage will join us from New Orleans a. lot of NFL chatter too that we got to. get to be a friend tell a friend. something nice it might change your life. like our friends at dude wipes don't get. Ram trucked out there take. three we have an opportunity to give. away. $75,000 to a kid named Daniel vork. absolutely you're a sophomore correct. yeah what is your major civil. engineering okay so what's what's that. mean what is civil engineering uh I. don't really know have you ever kicked a.

ball before I have I have when were you. a soccer player soccer player yeah okay. how were you at kicking soccer ball it's. pretty good I was okay I was good have. you ever said anything negative about. football kickers maybe once or twice. Daniel damn Daniel we don't need that. you make a field goal here from 33 yards. uphill you're the civil engineer you'd. have to tell me I think it's about a 40. yard kick if you're able to do that we. will give you 75,000. all right he's got no laces yeah what do. we got going here can we get can we get.

a shot of shoes what time shot of the. shoes Daniel showed up in his Vans with. no laces what time did you get here for. this about 1140 last night need a lot of. power good luck. Daniel I'm not feeling it not feeling it. oh. [Music]. a just like everything this morning that.

was a surprise we did not expect that we. got to one one more. kick for. [Applause]. $100,000 you got this dude let go how. about this Daniel how about this Daniel. not only is this one for. $100,000 if you make it we'll add. another. $100,000 to the 500 ,000 donation we're. about to make from college game day to. the hurricane relief it could be 600,000.

if you make this with a 100,000 going. into your pocket Daniel this is bigger. than you let's make a kick way to. overcome the shoes here that was a heck. of an effort come on you got this in. Berkeley California you got it. [Applause]. of you. buy hell. [Applause].

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[Applause]. [Music]. life hello beautiful. people and welcome back to our humble. abot the Thunderdome on the Sugar Bowl. Thursday January 2nd 2024 our two Starts. Now football is wonderful we're lucky to. talk about it every single day the toic. table is here at Bas Conor and at T. Schmid one half of the hammer Cowboys AP. ton is here 36 years as a football coach.

18 in college 18 in the NFL Chuck bagono. is here at coach hey your Thursday night. uh yeah picks against the spread this. season thank God there's not one ton. night my bank account can't take. it amen to that. okay tough year now granted let's go. ahead and put that Sugar Bowl right up. in there let's put that sugar. today right into it we have a chance to. get back we'll count this one as two cuz. it's kind of out of you know your bingo.

we can get back to 500 on the year we go. big today joining us now ladies and. gentlemen live from manaticut Ohio he a. man who we're all incredibly lucky to be. around over the last 12 hours or so mhm. his son ended up in a hospital yesterday. in Southern California because he puked. in his words all over an entire section. at the Rose bow this man had his name. chanted out by half of the stadium in. Pasadena he's a national champion for.

the Ohio state will these boys at Ohio. State become national champions he. believes yes the all-time leading. tackler for the Green Bay Packers a man. who has a tree on the Ohio State. University campus never seen it never. watered it but it's strong ladies and. gentlemen a terrible flyer but a man who. loves being the sky AJ. Hawk good to see you AJ good to see you. I'm with the uh the blimp would be kind. of scary I saw that that takeoff when. you're going straight up and you're. leaning back I want no part of that yeah.

and then you're looking up it's like is. this a jet Eng what is it nah it's just. you know those balloons you get at like. the for the holidays they they have uh. helium in or whatever it's just a bunch. of those you know what I mean it's no. big deal it's like okay what happens. if do we have any other options no. you're dead if that happen oh okay all. right it's a good view at least going. down we'll be able to see get all. windows out there but I appreciate. everybody that goes up there much more. courage than me speaking of going up.

there Chip Kelly Ryan day that entire. team when they're going up in front of. the squad and chitchat what are they. saying AG they're saying we're the best. team in football right now they have to. be uh I mean no I mean I think they are. definitely not satisfied they're I guess. they're happy that they you know the. plan that they they felt like they were. going to uh you know going into this. playoffs they're starting to execute and. I think they probably even think that. they can play much better so I think. they know they have two more games left. have you talked to anybody in that. building since the game yeah I talked to. some guys cuz I you know pregame I like.

to go and see my guys and see James. litus linebacker coach different guys. Mark Panton the guy that's crafting a. lot of things behind the scenes when it. comes to recruits I I get to chat with. them before the game then after the game. let them know you know here we go two. more and they seem to all kind of be on. the same track yeah excited happy with. how they're playing but they know they. they can get much better yeah I think we. heard something out of the Ohio State. team um they had like a senior something. and all they kept saying was four more. games we got a four Game season four. game season four game season four game. season now they're at two game season. two Game season everybody seemed to be.

focused and uh on the task at hand. everybody in Ohio understands too we can. win this thing right now right everybody. in Ohio understands this is a national. championship team oh yeah a lot of a lot. of optimism no question but we know like. look at Oregon they're undefeated. everything and everything's going great. and then boom the the season just ends. so quickly it's just like the NFL. playoffs where you have all this buildup. all these expectations and you know in. these winter go home games like it ends. so quickly I think Ohio State's very. aware of that and they know that they. don't want that to happen and shout out. to Oregon hell of a year yeah it's been.

a hell of a year it really was and I had. some Oregan people that weren't happy in. the mentions of DM saying we were being. disrespectful it's like wow St was being. disrespectful to you okay we had to call. what we had to call what was happening. out there I love Dan Lanning I love the. Oregon Ducks I picked them to win this. game because I thought they were going. to be able you know to maybe slow down. this Buckey team but I think what my. eyes are telling me now was like we. ain't picking against Ohio State ever. again no that is not this team is more.

motivated this team seems to be locked. in chip Kelly's doing his [ __ ] and then. Justin fry that offensive line. coach I mean I don't I don't necessarily. he's pretty jacked up on the sidelines. we we got a create glimpse of him. instantly as he is doing this towards. you telling you keep talking all this. stuff fist pumping like he was trying to. find you every single time they even had. not even a score an explos of gain he's. looking for you to you know let you know. what's going on I think some of those. Ohio State Buckeye coaches were like I.

thought we were okay we I thought we. were very nice to you we were very nice. to you we watch your show you know AJ's. on the show feels like we are a part of. it and then you just go out there and. say yeah the Oregon Ducks I felt it I F. Chip Kelly pregame I mean that was an. immediate saw saw what you did oh no jph. fry line coach oh okay is that how okay. laurenitis even huh you all right okay.

heartline Ducks okay all right and. everybody and then soon as that thing. started rolling just accidentally. glimpsing over to the Ohio State Buckeye. think and they're all basically yeah to. me as they should to me I mean I'm like. okay all right let's get to a break here. all right this isn't about this entire. thing but I love they're finding. everything obviously to stay motivated. and I do appreciate the fact that they. felt like I betrayed like I I betrayed. them with my pick of the Ducks I just. thought you know that Dan Lanning and.

their team was cut from the same gym. like I I I thought this was going to be. a fist fight in this entire thing I. think that first round buy man I think. that that needs to be chatted about a. lot not I'm not saying that Ohio State. wasn't clearly the better team like I. mean clearly the better team it wasn't. even no questions asked but did they. face the best Oregon that we've seen all. year I don't think so you know but with. we definitely have seen the best Ohio. State and that's all that can that's all. that can matter is who shows up on that. particular day Ohio State definitely did. yeah I still love Dan Lanning like he is.

the man you know throughout the entire. game I think we all thought like hey Dan. lenning is going to figure this out and. get these boys back in it but that even. you know all the coaches doing that to. you that just adds to the fact that like. they're the most skilled team and now. they have the most chips on their. shoulder like they are continuing to. stack them like it's impossible to think. of a different team coming in and. beating them somehow God I would have. been chopping them too you too they you. get part of that victory for doing I was. L we're literally standing there and uh.

trayon Henderson has I what a 66 yard. touchdown so we're just kind of watching. him just cruise over there and then the. first thing we see is that old line. coach just being like run your mouth you. and I'm like he ain't talking to me no. you yeah it's like Dam AJ you yeah keep. talking docks huh okay and then. basically just like a full. on B boom boom and the thought of Chip. Kelly right now it's a master class what.

chip is doing this is why Chip Kelly was. Chip Kelly at Oregon this is why Chip. Kelly got like the Philly jump this is. why Chip Kelly was the future he has all. these pieces that are more talented than. you have and he's using he's dialing up. all the [ __ ] this G Scott Jr again this. the first play this is the first play he. was lined up in running back everybody. talks about Henderson obviously Judkins. who's going to be a starting running. back oh we got our tight end out here. let's put him out in a wheel Oregon. hasn't played a real snap forever I. candy this way nobody even thinks about. G Scott Jr we bang that's a gain of 25.

to start the thing I mean it was from. jump Chip Kelly just had them on their. heels and uh the boys executed the boys. executed everything they possibly could. and maybe has his best weapon ever like. I I know we've talked about it at ad. nauseum but like seeing Smith in. warm-ups and looking back at him and. like listen Oregon's defense has been. very good all year but like seeing their. corner backs it's like no one's going to. be able to stop this guy guy I mean is. just ridiculous who was the tight end.

mock uh what was his name what's his. name cmer kasmer there it is no Ohio. State I didn't even know who this guy I. I should have obviously and I'm sure. he's made a lot of plays casmar is his. name yeah I believe that's how you. pronounce it they had him flanked out to. the right he's 66 67 he's he's tight end. for this team they had him flanked out. to the right they got Corner 5'9 yeah on. this guy and then you got Jeremiah on. the other side 64 whatever he is 65 two. and they got a 5'10 guy on him then they.

got G Scott Jr that guy's a freight. train right there he's lined up out here. then you got uh I think they had I. thinka and Tate like stacked on his and. it's like how good luck good luck how do. you I don't know how we're GNA you're. going to win some of those matchups you. feel like if you're Ohio State you're. like Hey we're going to win a couple of. these matchups if we just put a good. ball in the air we're going to be okay. and they even had will Howard go under. Center a couple times you know. everything's like kind of shotgun they. did a couple pop passes to Classic Chip. Kelly classic old school uh let's just. get the ball into guy hands as fast as.

we possibly can but then at the end of. that game they even went under Center 23. different offensive line combinations. they're going under Center we're running. power to get take this thing out easy. just hand off to Henderson bang they're. hitting it for four or five like if they. needed to do that all game they could. have done that they could have just done. that all they got four different game. plans that worked yesterday all at the. same time they're humming man and they. field good all right let's pivot away. from college ball obviously we got a big. one at 4:00 we'll be joined by Laura. rutage in about 5 10 minutes down there.

let's talk about the NFL huge weekend. obviously it is you know the topic of. conversation is the number one overall. seed for the NFC coming out of the NFC. North Lions Vikings in Detroit how do we. think that one's going to go age. obviously the NFC North is stacked we. all know that Chicago Bears trying to. figure it out of course Chicago Bears. trying to figure that out but we have. two 14-2 teams out of the NFC North. right now and they're battling on Sunday. night and we're going to be waiting all. day aren't we yeah I will be waiting all. day for Sunday night this week normally.

we're not but this week to be honest I'm. going to be waiting the rest of the week. for Sunday night okay me too I think. this is a huge one how do you see this. one kind of fairen AJ as we look out at. this and try to project a little bit I. mean my early my early thoughts on this. game I I feel pretty good about the. lions at home I love what the Vikings. are doing obviously Sam D I think. they're awesome but I for this one I. feel like Dan Campbell and the Lions. this feels like a game at home like a. it's like a a defining game in the Dan. Campbell era I think we could see.

happening on Sunday the first playoff. game of the year we'll call this you. know obviously it's a big deal loser. goes down to five uh five seat in the. NFC and that's a different road than. having HomeField advantage throughout. the entirety both of them Dome teams so. obviously it's good for the entire NFC. that you get a chance to go in no matter. what and experience 70 and sunny no. matter how how it ends up shaping up. what do you think both these coaches are. saying obviously Kevin oconnell is a. young Wizard and watching that locker. room with Sam darnold last week was so. cool and Kevin oconnell taking it all in.

we know he can drop a play for anybody. Ben Johnson can do the same up there. mcdc has been singing the same exact. tune since the very beginning we're. tougher we're all bought in if you're a. coach which team would you rather be. coaching right now and what do you think. the messages. are I would rather be the home team I'd. rather be Detroit um I love KOC I think. he's by far Head and Shoulders above. everybody else coach the year this year. I know ap's got a got a vote on that but. I would pick KOC as uh as coach of the.

year what they've done with this offense. Sam darnold um you know this defense be. flow they're cooking but there's just. something about this Detroit Lions team. like I didn't think there's no way in. hell they'd even go to San Fran and San. Fran's got nothing to play for that. they'd end up winning that game but. they'll find a way to score one 5 6 7 8. nine 10 more points than you the defense. is totally depleted they've got a. massive chip on their shoulder they play. that way cuz everybody's saying you got. no defense you got no players you've. lost everybody on that side there's no.

way that you can win and all they do is. they keep winning so and you know Sam. darnold's had a great year but he's also. thrown I think 12 interceptions on the. season and this Kirby Joseph freaking I. mean he's got nine interceptions on the. year he'll find a way to come up with. one branch may come up with one they'll. make a play make a play here or there. trick play Ben Ben will get in his bag. um I you know I wouldn't bet against the. L for nothing anzalone's back for the. Lions or what's the story there yeah he. practiced yesterday it looks like he'll.

be a game time decision but yeah they're. expecting hopefully he can be back for. this one and then Aiden Hutchinson's. back for the Super Bowl oh yeah Carlton. Davis in the playoffs sometimes. potentially Montgomery at some point the. playoff so yeah things are starting to. align a little bit here but there's. obviously some other games that have. playoff implications in the AFC. involving Denver Cincinnati and Miami. for the number seven overall seed in the. Wild Card Denver wins and they're in. Miami wins and Denver loses they're in. Cincinnati wins and Denver and Miami.

both lose Cincinnati is in which is. obviously uh a phenomenal thing for this. Bengals team that was what one and five. yeah yeah one and five to start the. season Joe burrow having a potential MVP. like year especially if they find a way. to make it into the playoffs with this. whole thing Broncos will be taking on. Carl Wentz yep uh in the Kansas City. Chiefs say Patrick Mahomes gets healthy. for a playoff run as the number one. overall seed the dolphins with out Tua. will take on the New York Jets who just. had their worst performance of the. season last week somehow and then the.

Bengals take on a Pittsburgh Steelers. team who are very much still trying to. figure out what team they are fresh off. of a few losses yeah and that game is. also huge because if the Steelers lose. and the Chargers can jump you right. Steelers need a win uh yeah cuz they. want the five seed they want to go down. to Houston I I would assume uh CU if. they lose uh they go to Baltimore so and. one of the Chargers the Chargers play. the Raiders they're either five or six. correct yeah so if if the Steelers lose. and Chargers wins they they jump up to. five and I I when we went to the.

Chargers facility a beautiful facility. made sure I told everyone in there hey. you're going to Baltimore okay Steelers. aren't losing the oh you said hard ball. bowl back again in the playoffs congrats. to you guys NFL wants that too yeah and. so Chargers do too you guys big facility. let with the I love that Chargers team. even more now awesome happy Mission AJ. we're on a happy Mission everybody in. that building was happy everybody yeah I. mean look at the just look at the the. facility first off looks beautiful I. wasn't able to to go there with you guys. but it looks awesome I what hor has been.

able to do years your name was on your. name was on name apprciate it cathart. okay yeah that's Kyle yeah cuz I was. there yeah and also Jose full names full. names sh yeah you were invited you were. part of the just I saw some people they. were coming after me a little bit yeah. oh they couldn't come they gave the. invite yeah this is just like when rap. sheet wasn't able to come on the show I. talk to heat for this entire thing just. would like to let everybody know AJ was. clearly invited AJ's name was cleared by.

the Los Angeles Chargers uh but that. would have been 12 people instead of 11. MH and Harbaugh would not have liked he. would have to roll around with only 11. he said 11 that's a perfect number. that's way it should be you got a. starting offense starting defense. starting special teams walking around. with you that's how it should be that. was his first reaction he was like wow. you guys are rolling deep like nice. little onrush I was like yeah you guys. had to clear 11 of us to get in here. that was awesome he's 11 perfect number. perfect. that was his that was his first that was. literally his first Rea everything he. did was.

just I don't want to say beautiful but. it was it was as advertised everything. he did was awesome that entire facility. he tried to give a handshake to that. particular high five trophy did break. the hand off we had to put it back on he. said I want to shake the hand I want to. shake the hand like it's a high Fiverr. you know it's on a hand Shaker he goes. up try and takes it off I think he's. going to I think that's going to live in. his office I hope so he seemed to be. pretty pumped up about it they were very. kind to us yeah yeah the ice cream in. that place they got Cinnamon Toast. Crunch Soft Serve Yogurt in [ __ ] all.

really mhm coffee sof T flavors every. single day God I'd be 260 yeah they also. had pizza oven yeah which was just a. smidge below so good it wasn't pizza but. it was it was phenomen very good pizza. very good pizza then they had um I think. it was some tacos and [ __ ]. tacos all different bars Sun Chips oh. garden salsa and harvest cheddar you're. right they did have all that this. building this golf simulator did you see.

Ortiz did Joey Ortiz oh yeah we saw Jo. he came in um and obviously I thanked. him for everything Matt lock is huge. Matt Lock's head is gigantic I mean that. thing is really anybody get a workout in. you go in that weight room uh we were in. the weight room bars not the VIP Club. Silver Bells Club excuse me yeah we're. not in the Silver Bells club which is. they got these old school dumbbells that. are just metal you know they're not. they're old school they're huge and I I. think the way the story went is one of.

their offensive linemen during the. holiday season or at the beginning of. December was over there lifting in their. silver so he was saying silver bears and. then he was and then he was doing a. silver bells doing the entire thing so. then Coach Herbert who is Pittsburgh guy. who was at Wisconsin then I think he was. at Baylor then he went to Michigan and. that's where he met Harbaugh now he's. over there great strength coach great. energy Pittsburgh guy soon as you heard. the Silver Bow thing he was like wait a. minute I think we can do something with.

this they made a VIP Club they put red. um Velvet Rope velvet ropes around two. of the two of the benches or whatever. and then it's all the silver belts and. then if you get in the club obviously. they open you up to come on in and then. put you in there uh khil Mack 200 lb. single. arm what y yeah yeah dumbbell 200 two. silver bells 200 lb he's the biggest one. it's the biggest one in there Justin. Herbert I think is has a 150 the 150.

pounder it's for a one arm bench over. there it's like they all commit and love. what's going on in that weight room they. all commit in love what Jim Harbaugh's. preaching and everybody in the. building's happy everybody's like. excited to be there it is infectious. over there what they got going on and. how many owners are spending 300 million. on a new facility just for practice. facility especially in La the placement. in that the location itself had to be so. expensive yeah but then for them to do. it upright for the last couple it's like. look out for the Chargers dude look out.

for the Chargers talk about getting a. hiring right and we've chatted about. this a little bit for a while it was we. need the new offens Guru okay Sean McVey. comes in we need new offens Guru we need. new offense Guru then you see guys like. Hardball mcdc having the success that. they're having and it's like are we. getting back to a time where it's like. hey we need somebody that's able to. build a culture we need somebody that's. able to lead people we need somebody. that's able to bring people together I. think so and that's good for football I. think Chuck don't you agree as a man.

that was that type of guy 100% can you. imagine you're talk just talking about. the cuz a great culture you guys walked. in that building you could see it you. could feel it you could taste it right. and then you could walk into another. building some we know like this stinks. yeah this is nasty this ain't got no. feeling like that like it matters and so. bringing a guy like Jim Harbaugh think. about these Co like Dan Quinn what he's. done in Washington right time around Jim. Harbaugh like second time in in National. and he won big in San Francisco right.

he's having great success so these guys. Rim he's still8 and8 he's better Second. Time Around mcdc second time around mcdc. you know at Miami I think he was the. interim whatever yeah so if if I was to. go back like what I know now compared to. what I thought I knew back in 200. because there's no manual for this for. this job but the one thing we all do. know is like culture matters and so what. you're talking about that building and. that infectious like the energy that he. brings like wouldn't why wouldn't you.

want that you know and everybody in that. building and then a guy that they. actually come in you can feel him like. okay this is a guy I want to follow I'm. and you get everybody to buy in like. that I'm I'm talking front office. ownership Lo ownersh ownership cuz you. just sit around and watch after those. games and you watch everybody standing. there W in the call up in the locker. room and in Spanos both he a. Jan he a now gr winning helps yes but do.

you win because of the culture but think. about mcdc right how he started out oh. and whatever and then the next season oh. and whatever and then finally it clicks. in and you start to get a taste of. winning and how to win and that team. learned how to win and they drafted like. crazy and they got really good players. but they stayed with it and there was. continuity wasn't one of these owners. like like terer down in Carolina like. out out you just can't buy that you you. got to be able to figure that out you. got to be able to get a guy in front of. you like like okay this guy is the real.

frecking deal and whatever that is. however you're going to go about that. selection process like they had figured. it out down there but here Indianapolis. nobody I think coach bichi talked about. patience like there isn't patience. anymore yeah but what if you're patient. with the wrong guy like that that's like. the biggest issue which is what. ownership kind of fears is you see red. flags but potentially and it's like is. this guy ever going to be a leader or is. he not and then waiting and waiting and. waiting what if you wait 3 4 8 years to.

find out if the culture that you were. hoping was going to settle in never. settles in then you just completely. wasted an era which is I'm just saying. that's counterargument I'm not saying. it's right I'm just saying that is what. the counterargument is to all these. things about patience patience patience. what if you're patient with the wrong. guy then you're in a bad spot then. you're in a then you've set an entire. fan base a generation of a fan base back. well and that's why like we love Ben. Johnson and like we all have faith in. Ben Johnson being a head coach I I. assume but like this far out and you.

know what is it it's January 2nd the. head coaching cycle hasn't started yet. but it feels like Pete Carroll and Mike. Vel are both like locks to be guys like. this who can turn around and this. wouldn't be Pete Caroll second time he's. been you know Seattle was his second. time because New England he was the head. coach but like Vel Vel was in Tennessee. that was his first head coaching job I. assume what he's learned over the p over. this past year being in a place like. Cleveland and what he bring to a team. now would be exponential compared to you. know some of these places well that's. what I was going to say like do you.

think now and it's not the ca it's not. the case everywhere but if you want a. guy who needs to completely change the. culture of a place like look at all the. guys we just mentioned mcdc Harbaugh you. know Vel like do you think it needs to. be a guy who played in the league for a. while because it seems like all these. new guys that are getting like they are. the gurus they're the X and those guys. like they don't necessarily and it you. know I assume like I look at a guy like. Matt leflour who like now however many. years into this like he's starting to. get his culture in place but the first. couple years that was always the knock.

is like this guy's a play caller like he. he can't he can't necessar he was up. against it too with like an old. generation of a team I think like I feel. like laflor probably feels like he has. his guys good feels like he has his gu. for and I agree he was just a play. caller I think as opposed to being a. leader but you don't continue to win. like that without having some good. definitely not definitely behind closed. doors for him it's like the culture. people are starting to come back I think. into fashion like I think it's starting. to become a good thing and that's good. for ball I think that's good for ball AJ. do you agree with that it's great for.

ball I don't think you have to be a. former player to like have that command. of the room or have control but it sure. as hell doesn't hurt like especially. early on I think if you can have success. early on it just kind of springboards. you and you it gives you a jump start. where you might not have to have those. one or two you know kind of terrible. Seasons while you turn over the roster. and try to figure out who's the right. person to be here Zack kefir who we all. have immense respect for he used to. write for the indie star now he's at the. athletic uh which is obviously owned by. the New York Times he wrote an article. today it was like yeah cultures have no.

culture pretty much and uh we're eight. years into Chris Ballard's uh tenure as. a general manager and I think he's a. great man I think he's been great for. the city of Indianapolis and everything. like that but some of the things that. are being said in that article by Zack. kefir who you know did his sourcing and. getting inside of it more than I know. even he's like there's no vision in this. building it's like why how what do you. mean there's no vision what's that mean. and then you start watching it's like. that makes sense that there's no vision. and then there's no accountability and. there's no this there's no that but.

Shane can drop a hell of a play and was. he cut off at the knees whenever he got. here already it's like there's so many. questions about just what's happening at. the Colts and they're not the only one. there's a lot of NFL teams there trying. to figure out what the hell went wrong. this coaching cycle should get. electrifying and you said if I went back. is Chuck thinking about going back are. you think about going back in coaching. yeah Chuck no unless you're firing me. you if that means you're going to go. back and go you're you're F uh I got a. pretty good gig all right let's pivot. away from the NFL a bit and uh do some.

journalism MH joining us now is a. sideline reporter for this afternoon's. Sugar Bowl she's also the host of NFL. live she's one of the prominent faces. around ESPN both for college ball and. the NFL friend of the program ladies and. gentlemen Laura rutley hey. Laura how you doing. Laura hi guys it's good to be with you. hey it's an honor to be with you as well. I think there's a bit of a delay on the. video so we will certainly figure that. out on our end it's definitely not you. but let's talk about the last 24 hours.

down there Laura obviously you've been. down there you've been the one that has. been breaking the news to the entire. world about what's taking place in the. Sugar Bowl when this is about to get. delayed what was the conversation like. were they worried about potential bombs. at the at the uh mercedesbenz Stadium. down Super Dome down there what was the. kind of the the how do we get here is. the the right right question. Laura yeah I mean Pat it's been really. wild and there's just a heavy feeling.

for everybody here certainly as we all. think about these victims their families. that's been a sentiment echoed by the. teams as well in Georgia and Notre Dame. and and yet here we are you know. preparing to play a football game which. certainly pales in comparison to. everything that's happened here with. these terrorist attacks here in New. Orleans but when it came to the actual. decision-making process there was a. meeting that happened yesterday midday. between the FBI between the college. football playoff officials Sugar Bowl. officials the teams many other people.

government officials here in New Orleans. and they said it was a really difficult. decision to make to postpone the game. initially they said it would be 24 hours. and you know as we were finding this. information out Pat I was over at the. hotel like I was getting ready to come. over do the game we just sent our game. production meeting and then all of a. sudden I'm starting to kind of hear some. rumors like hey this game might be. postponed we start reporting we start. calling sources we start figuring things. out and realize that that was in fact. true and I think it's important you know. as you do look at the football side of.

this for both these teams the coaches. and people involved we're pushing for an. earlier start than 24 hours just gaining. even a few extra hours when it comes to. what will be a really quick turnaround. for the winner of this game for that. Orange Bowl against Penn State okay so. obviously RTS P's positive thoughts for. everybody in New Orleans what a. phenomenal gift to the world the City of. New Orleans is and and obviously we've. all had time down there we've all spent. time down there it was hard yesterday. not to be like man I could have been.

that's something I could have very. easily been so a terrible act obviously. football is a good thing to get back. sports are a good thing to let them know. hey you might take it your shop but you. didn't beat us I'm happy this game is. happening you talked about hotels and. have a meeting what do we think is. happening with the fans here because. obviously a lot of travel ticket. everything what do we think the stadium. looks like today for this game. Laura yeah it's interesting and in fact. we were told by the mayor here that. they're reopening Bourbon Street around. 2:30 local so 3:30 Eastern and we've.

seen a lot of fans Milling about I mean. there were even fans yesterday that had. planned to fly in day of the game. because the game was supposed to be. later that still got on those flights. still came in and there has been major. security advancements here at the. stadium now they already have security. planned right but they're doubling that. essentially and we were told that. basically it's the same amount of. security that you would see for the. Super Bowl which of course is going to. be here in February so all of those. precautions that they would take they're. doing that you've got to go through a. secondary level of security to get into.

this Stadium they did have the police. dogs come in here yesterday they were. looking for explosives they didn't find. any I have seen some of those police. dogs here today so that security. presence you see the law enforcement. here and I would just shout them out. because they have had to go through so. much here many of them that were. responding to what happened on Bourbon. Street but then in the aftermath of that. as well they've all come they they. probably haven't slept they've been. putting so much into making sure that. people are safe here and and somebody a. law enforcement official told me that.

the Superdome is actually probably the. safest place in New Orleans right now. hell yeah hey shout out to the law. enforcement Heroes walking amongst us. obviously in the middle of a lot of lot. of devastating chaos that took place. yesterday in New Orleans got a football. game at four o'clock go ahead AJ Laura. how do you feel this is going to affect. the game play at all and we know these. are young kids and they can kind of. handle whatever is thrown at them. different schedule changes things like. this but do you think the game is it. going to feel normal like the the rest. of these college football playoff games. at kickoff like do people feel safe like.

what's the vibe I guess around that. Stadium yeah that's a great question I'm. honestly not sure it does feel a lot. different being in here today than it. did yesterday yesterday was certainly. eerie and extremely sad and obviously we. still feel that sadness today but there. has been more out here we've seen the. bands out on the field the teams are. heading over here shortly Georgia is. supposed to get here around 12 45 local. and I I do think that you'll see a. sadness around it but then hopefully. some hope about college football I mean.

as Pat said so well certainly football. can be something and something to give. us a little bit of hope they are going. to do a moment of silence before the. game I just saw them kind of rehearsing. through some of that in and around the. national anthem and of course we'll. cover that on ESPN you can see it as. it's happening so you sort of feel what. The Vibes are going to be and when it. comes to the players you guys Marcus. Freeman said said yesterday that they. actually mourned the victims as a team. they they spent some time on that and. really did also then turn their.

attention to planning for the game but. they wanted to talk through a lot of it. and Georgia did actually come over here. yesterday around 600 p.m. and practiced. on this field just a light run through. but I think it is about trying to keep. it as normal as possible for these. players while also being aware of the. tragedy that happened here on that note. coach vagano has a question for you last. one here Laura we appreciate your time. so same thing Laura you just mentioned. that Kirby in Georgia went over and did. a little walkth through were these guys. sequestered into their hotels and. weren't able to get out because of. security issues and and what have you.

heard how they spent uh spent these uh. extra time you know at you know at the. hotels and and did Notre Dame get out. and do a walkth through. themselves yeah so Georgia told me. around 11 local that they had a shelter. in place that basically happened as soon. as they figured out something had. happened the the places that the teams. are staying are less than mile from. Bourbon Street very close to where these. attacks occurred so they were Sheltering. in place Notre Dame was Sheltering in. place for much of the day probably.

around 4 p.m. yesterday they started to. loosen some of those restrictions where. people could come into those team hotels. who were staying there some fans some. family members but they didn't let the. players leave Notre Dame never left they. stayed in their hotel did some practices. and meetings in ballrooms there and. Georgia did of course come over here and. do that light practice but it was a very. brief time that they left their hotel. otherwise the players were just there I. talked to some who said they were just. kind of going over film and doing. everything they could to use that.

additional time to prepare for the. opportunity that now they have today how. do you feel preparing for the. opportunity obviously chaos comes in in. the last 24 hours you've had to be a hey. shout out to you like we're talking real. journalism out here Laura real world. stuff we do sports stuff we're lucky to. do it but there's some really real world. stuff that's been taking place how do. you feel going into the game and what is. the what do your commentating team feel. about the energy from both these. squads yeah you know it's about trying. to strike the right tone right we want.

this to be about the players who have. earned this opportunity to be here and. we want to celebrate them and yet you're. thinking about families that are never. going to be able to forget what's. happened to them and what they saw and. uh you know the pain of losing somebody. that you love never goes away it's not. like something that all of a sudden you. wake up the next day and and you feel. better about so just our hearts are with. them my heart is with all of them I. can't shake what it must feel like for. them to be dealing with all of this and. and yet it's our job to celebrate.

football and and to bring the product. that we always bring to the table on. ESPN which will be great today and we. have so many great stories in this game. gunar Stockton getting his first start. ever in this environment on this stage. he's waited so long for that Notre Dame. has so much to prove on this stage and. we'll celebrate that while also so doing. our best to just be sensitive to what's. happened here we uh can't wait to watch. we appreciate you joining us and we know.

college ball is something that you cook. on for the entire year but the NFL as. well Minnesota or Detroit Sunday night. Laura Minnesota or. Detroit uh you know what I'm going to go. with. Minnesota Detroit I think they're be. don't tell orlovski I did that orlovski. is going to kill me over that but I just. think the Vikings have something super. special going there may be a slight bit. healthier and that game is going to be. one that I can't wait to watch we'll. also be on that uh Ravens Browns game.

that's where I'm going next and I got. Danny in the booth for that one so uh. prayers up for me getting through it. yeah be great lot of yeah that sucks. yeah that is certainly something you'll. have to deal with great work on. Christmas great work down here we can't. wait to watch you finish the season. incredibly strong thank you for joining. us and great. work thanks guys appreciate ladies and. gentlemen Laura R Laur so what happened. at the beginning there we just her mouth. what.

was two different feeds okay cross feed. where got two feeds cross cross cross. feed like Ghostbusters good inform she. was we were uh we were lucky to be in a. trailer yesterday that had just like a. feed TV into it just what was being. filmed Laura was like on the beat oh. yeah like she she was all of a sudden. we're doing NBC Nightly News Laur like. in these meetings with the FBI and she's. coming out basically saying this is what. I'm hearing and then obviously there's a. terrorist attack that just happened so.

it's like for being a sports person to. be able to have to jump into that and. then get back it's like that was biggest. story in America world yeah mhm. especially with the college football. playoff thing taking place and then. everything else that happened yesterday. too yeah there was some other other. stuff yeah day one of 202 cber truck. explosed front of trump town and there. was there fireworks on that in that that. was part of what he used to blow up the. and then there is New York right when. there's something happened in New York M. Club yeah ain't gonna beat us okay no.

they ain't going to beat. us so sad all those things whenever they. happen it's hard not to just be like. completely devastated when we should be. you know and you should have those. moments of thinking like that but. inevitably I believe the same thing that. I believed for a long time there's a lot. more good way more good than there is. bad and I think we're at a time where. the way more good people are starting to. be like nah we're done with it we're. done with it we're done with it we're. done with it and I think that's a good. thing I think football will be something.

to celebrate especially down there in. New Orleans Louisiana loves ball oh yeah. Louisiana loves having a good time New. Orleans likes hosting people too so it's. like you might be able to sneak by you. know and do something terrible but in. the end we got you and uh I firmly. believe that forever shout out to United. States of America let's [ __ ] go shout. out to football yeah Georgia n Dame is. going to be a good game too two and a. half hours till kickoff there I believe. after we get done here on ESPN uh sports. center with Matt Barry will be a kickoff. show kind of lead into that I I don't.

know if Matt Barry knew he was doing. that as of yesterday really yeah but I. think he's prepared he's always ready. Matt Barry's always ready he is always. ready golf football anything you need he. is a teamer he put his left hand up yeah. you say you need somebody sure I'm a. little boozed up right now there in St. deal who is it what yeah sure I'm having. a good yeah I'm nowhere near the set. where you need me to be. I'll find a flight I guess yeah I'll get. in there so shout out to Matt Barry. that's you need more Matt bares in this. entire world he doesn't give a shite he.

about anything but give it his job Bingo. which we appreciate a lot of shits on. that program so many shits well it got. the game got away from the game and then. shite. happened shite happened all over the. place yeah speaking of shite happening. uh out of the mouth how's Axel are we. okay what's going on with the kid yeah. he yeah he's he's doing better he's not. as pale as he was and he has stopped. puking so he's in route back to Ohio for. those that don't know what happened. here's literally uh from last night's.

watchalong field pass ladies and. gentlemen being serated by chance AJ. Budd chance let's see at the. 47 unfortunately my youngest son uh. puked all over himself went to the. hospital so my whole family's not here. anymore to hear that oh but I'm getting. some updates every once in a while he. seems to be doing not much better. he puked over the whole section jeez. instant Urgent Care instant Hospital oh. no what type of shite was he eating here.

someone making salmon down here we came. down here smell like f look at this I'm. not going to lie who's this guy. the that about your kid I let you know. I'm so sorry to hear that that very. anxiety riddled that yeah hopefully I. think we're doing better I would. immediately ask the duck what happened. but that was the first we had heard. about any of that what he said right. there and you just the way you delivered. it I I I couldn't hold it yeah it'd be. cool if my family was here to hear this. man it' be good for the boys to be able.

to hear this but turns out they're. actually in a hospital down the street. uh because my youngest lad just puked. all over everybody he's and then he said. I'm getting updates turns out he's not. much. better just kept going said that so. nonchalant kids in the hospital I'd be. out of there dude and that's why I. wanted to apologize uh because obviously. I think you did it to make us laugh but. then as I was laughing I was just. thinking about like if my wife had. McKenzie and we're in Southern. California at a game and she has to go.

to a hospital while I'm on his side it. would be the amount of anxiety there. would be felt inside of like what's. wrong how do we get there how do we get. out of here Rose Bow's impossible to get. in and out of oh yeah couldn't even. imagine the amount of stress that was. happening in your phone so that's why I. want to apologize before we dealt with. the salmon situation I never smelled the. salmon no as soon as we got down towards. that end it smelled like fish I'm not. joking I didn't know the duck was behind. me I had no idea wasn't about the duck. it smelled like fish from the jump I. just had to mention that you almost. started puking just like actually how. about you he continued to follow up.

sprayed an entire section yeah I need to. apologize section 3C I believe uh shout. out f for helping out with the tickets. but I believe he got a lot of people in. that area but some people ran and got. towels my wife said and helped out. couple Oregan fans in the section she. believed were not very excited about. Axel puking all over the place but. everything is good right now we're we're. on the mend is this kid on one of your. road trips to see these guys somewhere. in the wio or something wasn't he sick. in that one too AJ Sprinter van run the.

sprin the window got BL blasted out but. yes on the ride down he puked all over. that Axel's a problem puking Axel's a. dog dude I'm very excited to watch what. Axel becomes you know cuz he's puked all. over the Rose Bowl he's puked all over. uh the peach bow yeah he is puked all. over everything and guess what comes out. the other side Stronger Yeah he does. that's the type of adversity that. highand and Hawks love right AG man oh. yeah that's going back to what we're. talking about you cannot defeat us the.

uh the doctors they hooked him up to. make sure he had nothing wrong early on. and they said where are you from and he. said America so nice that's my wife. wanted to make sure that I knew CU she. was proud of him how old is he how old. is he he's seven years old right now. seven years old just got done puking. everywhere white is a ghost just like. body just kind of like straining doctor. comes in Hey listen we're gonna take. care of you all right where are you from. just so I know that you have your. bearings [ __ ] America.

MH he's going to be just fine doctor. said over there did he give him IV. seven-year-old you don't get an IV right. seven I don't think he got IVs no. they're trying to figure it out yeah but. he's he's all right he's doing okay she. my wife carried him up like a mile up. the hill to a Rick Shaw Rickshaw to an. Uber with the other four or five kids my. daughter's friend was with them yeah. they they figured it out man like I said. it's all part of the store it's all part. of the the pro you know the process the. Hawks love adversity that's AJ's first. response always yeah Sprinter van got. the windows busted out last night don't. know how we're going to drive home man.

that sucks you know no Hawks love. adversity that's what we love hey uh kid. puked all over an entire section had to. get carried up a hill to a bike Rick. shot to a hospital oh my God I'm so. sorry you need to go anywhere Hawks love. adversity that's just what we do and. that Ohio State team feels like their. adversity has led them to where they. need to be excited to watch college. football playoffs wrap up and then for. us since we're going to be off tomorrow. we need to make our picks yeah yeah AJ. let's look at the Slate for the NFL and. let's go ahead and do this thing and. Chuck will obviously join us during the. picks but let's remember this guy can't. pick shite in the NFL right true so we.

will take that into account Saturday. double header shout out to the NFL both. on ESPN Browns at Ravens Laura rutage. Dan rovski on the call in Baltimore I. don't believe anything is on the line. here for the Ravens or the Browns Browns. go ahead Ravens have to win to win the. division okay so Ravens could win the. division they're favored by 18 what at. home 18 yeah and his Browns team. actually just reworked uh deshun. Watson's contract so he'll be there for. at least another two years shout out to. moliga having a locked in deal that just. like we thought it was while people were.

trying to tell us no it is navigatable. it is not because muletta negotiated it. with that being said 18-point favorites. at home who do you like. Chuck I love the Ravens but 18 points. that's a. lot my. God it'll be 3510 give me the Raven okay. that's a 25 Point win obviously go ahead. a okay yeah 18 feels like a bunch but. give me the Ravens I would take the. Ravens as well Bengals Steelers now this. is a massive one Bengals obviously need.

to win Steelers need to win because they. could still potentially win the division. yes well they'll know uh they'll know if. they can win the division if based on. the Ravens game be for them but they. want to win so they go to Texas and. probably not Baltimore I would assume. okay so uh Bengals favored by two in. Pittsburgh whoa that's wild Steelers can. win the division that the Cincinnati. Bengals are in Steelers can decide. whether or not they're a five or a six. seed the Bengals are still hoping and. praying to get in Steelers are at home. in Pittsburgh oh M I'm in Fe for my life.

from the. long of. the bo bangal favored by two ton how do. you feel about that I assume it has some. to do with uh the books assuming that. the Ravens are going to win and then. there is some speculation which I doubt. Tomlin would do this that they rest some. guys because they know they can't win. the division um cuz they were they were.

two-point dogs I believe going into. Cincinnati when they won that game uh so. I think it has something to do with the. Ravens maybe potentially win the. division the game before that but I. don't know if okay AJ who do you like I. like the Bengals here man I I just love. what Joey be and this offense is doing I. think the defense is getting better as. well the Steelers have been absolute. shite they've been sh truly but they've. taken on some very good teams well. here's another one mhm here here's. another one can tomin put the fire out. you think Chuck I don't know if you can. figure it out 10 days they've had to. figure it out and Cincinnati like Joey B.

42 TDS only eight interceptions and. Jamar Chase is going to you know they're. trying to get him the Triple Crown he's. got 117 catches 1600 17 yards and 16. tutes he has more yards and receiving TS. I believe than the entire New England. Patriot did okay probably other teams as. well if I had to guess give those. Bengals and T Higgins and Jamar Chase. Joe mix yep all right Pittsburgh. Steelers oh plus two at home respect. that thank you lose four straight you. think tomlin's going to lose four. straight games but here but here's the.

thing like the first think Mike tomlin's. gonna lose four straight just just as a. thought I know the Bengals have a lot to. play for they need to they need to do. that entire thing Mike tommen's gonna. lose four. straight but they're in the they're in. the playoffs so Baltimore plays first. right so Baltimore is going to win so. they know they got no shot so they're. going to rest guys they ain't going to. even try Mike Tomlin is just going to. rest guys you think even if you if it's. between playing Houston and Baltimore. yeah I don't think now us as fans don't. want to go go to Baltimore I don't think.

they care about going to Baltimore I. think you'd rather play the Texans and I. don't think you want to go into the. playoffs on four I agree they'd rather. play the Texans but they just won eight. out of 10 against the Ravens I'm saying. as a te like when you were in the NFL. did you care about who you were going to. play the next week me I was trying to P. him inside 10 every single time bingo. Chuck though small rectangle yeah that's. all we're trying to play come on we're. trying to play full court defense half. court offense that's what we're trying. to do for me that that is what I'm try. that is how I'm being thank you thank. you for that Chu did you think about.

that did you care who you're going to. play next week. no I should have thought about that. maybe a little bit. Yeah be still working I think we I think. we should have thought about that a. little bit I'll take the Steelers okay. I'm Tak four straight losses I don't. know man that would be crazy if that. happened it get loud in Pittsburgh yeah. MH four straight losses the end it and. then lose in the first round of wild. card they would get very very very loud. not not saying not for a reason I'm just. saying that would get very loud in.

pittsbur did you see the latest tick Tok. that Sierra and one of Russ's Sons put. out no what was it reenacted are you. want something in a hotel just make sure. you you might want to hold off on your. pick for you what wow no it's pretty. good I mean they they know what can you. show us a little bit Chu what is it I. can't you were starting they looked like. there bit are they doing this was he. doing that yeah. R cuz hold on that's winning that's been.

winning as of late if that's what you're. talking about all right Steelers plus. two all right let's roll to Sunday now. uh Panthers Falcons Falcons can still. right yeah Falcons have to win uh. because if Tampa loses and Falcons win. they are in okay so Falcons favored by. seven and a half at home against a. Carolina Panthers team that we think is. going to be much better next year than. they were at the beginning of this year. Chuck P who do you like Atlanta. AJ Carolina Panthers plus seven and a. half b as well Buffalo Bills playing.

Mitchell trabis is the conversation. other than Josh getting a start right. yep Bingo Josh is getting a start but. everybody's assuming trabis is going to. get a lot of playing time he's favored. by two and a half taking on Coach Mayo. in the New England Patriots uh conman. how do you feel about this match up I. mean it's a must win for New England I. don't see why you wouldn't take the two. and a half and the team is still bought. in on dra Mayo uh Chuck who do you like. why do you say that just you know couple. videos stuff that the players are saying.

they're definitely there's n there's. none of that maybe we need some of that. but uh no the team the boys still seem. to be uh believing in the direction that. they're going okay and do the fans no. how upset would you be if they. wi um have the number one overall pick. right now the New England Patriots I'll. be I'll be pretty upset that if they win. but again we need to you know it. wouldn't be terrible to show the world. and possible free agents like hey Drake. May is still a guy okay so you got the.

bills do well do we know how many. players are resting the bills I believe. yeah I believe a majority the whole. conversation with Josh Allen staron is. because of like uh start streak yeah. start streak and percentage give me New. England Home in the points. in ag give me the bills Min is two and a. half thank you Mitch can play bro Mitch. can play what yeah had a 69 yard. touchdown I mean look I'm I'm getting a. Tris Jersey if they win so I'm just GNA.

I'm just gonna say it I'll take the. bills give me the bills minus two and a. half tough week to pick games I mean. redeeming redeeming quality Drake May. and you think to yourself while you're. watching the game W Drake's pretty good. and then you look at the score they're. down 30 yeah it's like what I mean they. he does look good though he does look. good they did L 40 to7 right yeah. receivers are last in separation and the. o line is last in protecting the. quarterback give theal give me. theal a real stat Jacksonville Jaguars.

is taking on the Indianapolis Colts the. Colts I mean what is you know the Colts. are a lot of things right now everybody. saying it sucks including the people. that are there so that's not great news. who knows what the future looks like but. know this the Colts are going to be back. in relevancy conversation you know. there's playoff chatter with a few teams. in the AFC the Colts could have been. that you know but instead they tricked. off a lost to the GI SCI which then led. to everybody exposing everything going. on in that building that's good news for. the future sometimes you got to have. those uncomfortable conversations to get. to a better place now what are those.

uncomfortable conversations lead to for. this particular week I think a loss at. home to the Jacksonville Jaguars give me. the Jags plus five AJ um is AR's back. injury does worry me a bit so give me. Jacksonville plus five Chuck he's not. starting well he's had back spasm since. e8th grade okay it's what he said I. don't know if anybody he's not crawling. around M Jones is. hot Jacksonville has the Colts number M. so here's what I researched Joe flacko.

is going to start Jacksonville's 32 and. pass defense we got a quarterback that. can sling it and Joey flacko and we got. some receivers that can catch it Pitman. and Pierce and JT can run yeah I'll take. that Colts I'll take the Colts minus. five ah come on they're going to take. the tractor another round I think they. have a chance um F's last game possibly. and a lot of people on that Colts team. hopefully last game as Indianapolis. Colts that's kind of my hope I wish we.

could transfer portal the whole [ __ ]. team just take Ohio State we had like 70. guys to hit the portal can't do it. though in the NFL I guess I've been. trying to research it thank you for your. services and just in case I wanted to go. pitch myself as president of the. Indianapolis Colts not that I ever would. but I put a plan together and how do to. get rid of this entire [ __ ] roster. except for Pitman I want Pitman here I. want Pierce here let's keep quent Nelson. let's keep DeForest Buckner let's keep. Kenny Moore I like Kenny Moore other. than that see you every one of them.

goodbye take a hike thanks for coming. Jonathan Taylor trade his [ __ ] ass. out of town how do we go about doing it. you got a second round pick sweet first. would be better we'll do this for the. good of the program anthy Richard was a. good project get him out of town fourth. round or whatever the hell you got see. you that's what I would do if I was. going into this place need a full re set. of this the more that comes out the more. I feel like podcast. you guys great tackler what are we say. guys great tack I think he made a pro.

bowl he did you guys want him third. second round that's what I would I mean. I would do that was what I would do. that's why I would never be a president. of a team do you think the Giants played. that. obviously I want to play a terrible team. in a big Market okay thanks for being a. champion okay that's what you. know that's what playoffs are you know. just terrible teams and big Market. I'm so s I'm just a whole get them the. [ __ ] out of the city I can't I can't do. it legit but that's also why I went I'm. a president GM I think there's a couple.

moves you make you can get your culture. back I think it's going to involve. trading some big names though and saying. hey that ain't how we're doing it. anymore now will they do that I have no. idea we'll continue to make these picks. on YouTube ESPN plus Disney plus. and Tik Tok. live we're off tomorrow we're back on. overreaction Monday should be. electrifying next week we'll be down in. mi Miami will also be in Dallas for the. Orange Bowl and the Cotton Bowl and then. obviously the playoffs ramp up in the. NFL black Mondays right around the. corner who's going to have a job who's.

not there's a lot to be thankful for we. can't thank you enough for allowing us. to do this be a friend tell a friend. something nice it might change their. life we'll see you on Monday goodbye I. think we got it I think we get it 30. seconds earlier cuz Mike Foss sold a 30. second ad clip at the end of the show. out a. baby hey 24 bucks. okay it was 30 second ads are really the. ones that are doing damage in 2024 2025. yeah I'm not even getting into it buy. you seven gallons of gas what do they.

cost I assume people are paying upwards. 36 bucks for those at least $37 who's. negotiating these deals Mike Foss I. think it's actually Mike Mickey Mouse I. think it's Mike Foss Mike Foss and. Mickey Mouse saying hey remember these. 30 second ad reads they. work yeah right always have last 60. years these ones are the ones yeah. people don't just immediately go to. their phones or a different Channel or. something else whenever these come on.

they still matter. yeah they. don't most of them stink shite sh. there's some shite you put a little. pizza though on the screen and it's got. a little smoke on it yeah it's like. minute is that pizza wait wait I forgot. I do like pizza 30 second haty works. yeah exactly. you put a couple of these you put a. couple of these I don't love no I'm not. getting into it no still delicious it's.

been a whole season of these boneless. wings can we get an actual Wing deal. with pizza we've been trying our best. have we not what do we have to do here. well the Bess ones are able to bundle. and they could do this entire it's a. great deal this is not a 2024 this is a. 2003 deal this deal right yeah it's not. an inflation 2025 2024 deal so I like. that the pizza people are like we go to. Peacock this thing a little bit but that. being said the bone and wings are. phenomenal so good the pizza so damn. good so [ __ ] good they tried at that.

Chargers boat facility they tried real. hard valiantly had a pison outside of a. pizza oven thing with the stti didn't. they say it was and I'm not not being. sarcastic here cuz it'll come off like. that didn't they say it was emeralds uh. Pizza Oven they had it shipped from. Italy no I think you guys said that Wolf. Gang Puck I believe Wolf Gang Puck oh. yeah I was not being that was Bali no no. no for shoot that's it right there oh we. missed it yeah that right there oh. that's sweet yeah super Italian super. yeah they were super Italians C and I'll.

say the pepperon was crisp delici it was. it was Some solid pizza but once again. no one and we mean no one Al Pizza is. the Hut I don't care if it's coming out. of a helmet oven I don't care if it's. coming out of Los Angeles I don't care. how Pisano said Guido is it's cooking. the pizza no one ah there's been a. couple places I've been to but it's hard. to get you know they're not National you. sure you walk into some of those little. places they get that thing it's just. properly we're talking national no yeah.

for sure blind taste test though you put. both those behind Bo holy [ __ ] what this. is [ __ ] Divine this A Slice of Heaven. and then you go that was Pizza Hut and. that's why no one and we mean no one now. pizza's the Hut I think there are some. people that are close in the Boneless. Wings Department to Pizza Hut you know. cuz chicken nuggets with flavor. certainly done by a lot of people the. difference with pizza is they have. actual friers in there mhm so they're. making their chicken nuggets with flavor. yeah the bone and wings are I mean. unbeatable so good yeah just do it Top.

Flight don't you get you some bone in. wings and some pizza for the Sugar Bowl. kicking off in two hours good idea you. imagine smart move what a time you want. to have a great year start it right been. a hell year it's called. Parker he didn't have good service when. we talked to him the other night didn't. he he might still be on TV start your. Solutions yeah I worked out this morning. I did 14 push-ups baby thank you I'm on. it Parker we're live we're live we're.

live we're live right now on the pad. macabe show yes yes we are live I'm. eating chips you're eating chips let's. put the chips away for a second please. please all right no more chips just for. now just for you can you tell everybody. what 2024 was like was it a hell of a. year or no 2024 was a hell of a year man. very blessed a lot of good things got to. go on the Pat McAfee show. doing it wrong we need to hear it we. need to hear it we need to hear. it 2024 was great for me man and you.

know I'm the only person that can make. 2025 great for myself and even better. than 2024 so still I like that I like. that I like that but 2025 whenever it's. all said and done because you're taking. accountability for yourself and only you. can control your happiness I like that. mindset that is a good one for the world. to hear but on New Year's Eve going in. 2026 we're going to say 2025 man now. was uh better no no mother you're still. doing it wrong you know what we want you.

know what we want what what type of year. was it Parker what type of [ __ ] year. was. it oh it was that kind of year oh my God. play the hits damn hear you describe the. year perfectly pie of [ __ ] this is [ __ ]. I have to do that in the grocery store. all the time man it's been a hell of a. year I'll say it just for you. y sing it hold on let us say it for let. us say it cuz we've been working on. this it's been a.

hell okay now is that. good I remember from last time you guys. could sing y' got a little something. going on there it's special over there. listen we'll turn the auto tune on if. you want us to Only We I would say 2025. has already been hell of a year I don't. w't speak too soon but it's been good. kind of chips is he yeah what Ty CH. looks like it's Pringles I think right. now think it look like you're eating a. pringle regular Pringles wow nice OG is. that your favorite or is that the only. one available at this. moment uh we got a lot of chips here it.

was a we had a great 2024 we got some. good. chips what you have what you had you had. a we got all the good stuff these are. these are these are regular Pringles. though these are the ogs. and that's it that's that's it you had a. hell of a year man we're proud of you. and it was a hell of a year no it was a. hell can I'm to that point of the can. hey I don't like those people saying he. used aune by the way we weren't happy. about that cuz we saw your ass stand. right here terrible he cut his teeth he.

cut his teeth in Nashville he wouldn't. do that he did cut his teeth in. Nashville his since moved back to the. ranch though he's on a horse this. [ __ ] you know we see the whole. entire thing you had a hell of a year. Parker we're proud of you buddy thank. you love you guys appreciate y'all. calling me and seeing what I was doing. it's been a hell of a. year boom thank you Parker still got it. thank you Parker thank you Parker that. was kind of [ __ ] it was it was a bit shy. was kind of sh to be. fair probably had to do the hell of a. year gimmick for 100 times in the last. 24 hours I mean these are the worst.

three days for him hey hey make a great. like New Year's song you know they said. what they didn't say was everybody now. is going to ask. you keep your schedule open the first. [ __ ] three days of the year okay. saying that a lot like shaboy hey yeah. Sing Sing The Tipsy song I got five. other heaters don't shut up weing the ti. nobody cares Tipsy yeah Parker what what. type of year has it been uh it's been a. good year for my family L don't care. don't be a fool we do not bu I had a.

baby I just call him on New Year's while. we're pretty boozed up at dinner and him. just getting off a stage. sweating Park it's been hell a years all. right okay all got a bunch of drunk guys. at a restaurant right now singing to me. Barker can we hear a little bit then he. lost service couldn't see him yep and. like whoa whoa whoa whoa you don't know. if you just sang or not I did not okay. do it now dark why aren't you singing. right now I've been on TV since 7 p.m. yeah we missed it no TVs in here as you.

can see no TVs hey Parker. been [ __ ] all of us all right let's. get back to picking the game shall we uh. so who's on the Colts you and Chuck yep. age you're on the Jags yeah I like what. MC Jones is doing give me the Jags be. excited to see what the turnout is for. that game feels like a lot of Colts fans. have gotten to the point where we're. done with this you know kind of done. with this Colts need to get to a hot. start I think in that one yeah it'll be. good momentum take tractor another round.

boys I don't know if the transfer portal. is varable for all of you but you should. give it a shot they should give it a. shot this offseason they got to show. after getting embarrassed like that they. don't care that's the thing that's the. problem is this group does this is this. will be very like we know a lot right. now but this will be very very telling. then they didn't show up with the. playoffs for on the line coach think. they're showing up for this what he. saying they don't give a [ __ ] this team. does not care they they they get a check. to be in the NFL they get to say they're.

NFL. players and if you have a couple of. those guys on your team you can hope to. like hey it's not just about being on. team it's about like being a part of the. team and like being a good team and like. being a good Pro it feels like 87% of. their team is just like the guys that. you don't want on your team and that's. not good talent everywhere they've. Talent damn near every they've paid guys. everywhere and now it's just we're lucky. that they're wearing the uniform in the. city you're wrong and I can't wait for. you all to be gone and I don't know if.

that's even possible but I'm hoping for. it legitimately I'm and the more I read. Zack kefir the more I read the more I. hate because there's a lot of good. people in that building Chuck you know. them absolutely lot of great people in. that building they've been in sacrificed. a lot long time long long hours building. stuff doing all the [ __ ] you don't want. to do like just to you know put a left. hand up selfless for the Colts since. they got here from Baltimore in 1980. something so like seeing all the.

different iterations of the Colts they. kind of have a good feel on what's going. to work what's not going to work and. then you talk to them and it's like. they're wondering what. the and then you hear this stuff coming. it's like what the what are we doing. here is this even a [ __ ] professional. outfit or what are we just riging up 11. guys to go play football for a movie. every single week that's what it feels. like I don't like it age I don't like. one bit AG you know Mr ERS and you know. how much he loves and cares and what. he'll what he'll do for his players. right and for for that to give back to.

like that's a slap yeah not to mention. like there's no better owner to me I. like the way he loves and cares about. these. dudes come on yeah we'll see if he loves. and cares about the city cuz clock's. ticking what what do you mean we need. two Super Bowls by 2030 so he better get. this thing go he better trade for Josh. Allen or something what are you saying. two Super Bowls in a decade that's what. he said and if guess what if it doesn't.

happen I want a piece of the [ __ ]. team then cuz he guaranteed that to be. happening your taxes are going towards. that aren't you my taxes are going down. the Sher cuz nobody is playing ball in. this city right now what was a Conor two. Super Bowls in the last decade but you. know every other team in the division. has at least two division championships. and the Colts don't have one yeah [ __ ]. [ __ ] that it feels like a lot of you are. piling on right now sometimes Jesus. Christ they're coming off the top. turnbuckle it's all there it's all it's.

always there I mean if it looks like. shite and it smells like shite guess. what it might be shite I thought about. like running into an event to one of. these guys on the Colts but they don't. do community stuff so they wouldn't be. at any event and if we see blue yeah and. if we see him we're going to [ __ ] his. [ __ ] up we like blue we like blue I'm. did you see what was in that kefir. article what do you mean you're done. with blue what's that done with it all. they're calling him shite stankin. instead of Shane Sten no they're not I. know that's not true I know that's not.

true stop it there's a lot of smoke. coming out of that team though about. like who's doing what what's going to be. nobody knows except for one man his name. is Jim Ury that's a nice piece of. information to have I didn't know he was. still making like end decision because I. don't think he's in there every single. day I think the daughters are in there. every single day so I thought maybe they. were the ones that were going to have to. make the decision but from what we've. been told right still Jim making all. decisions for the program hopefully he. takes a nice hit of that vape and thinks. to. himself this place is shite. brother decides make change that's what.

I'm hoping legitimately because it's. like you know in a lot of these. cities the football team is like what. you do during a fall yes like that is. what to do but everyone cares about. people talk about like you're in LA or. Miami there's a lot of distraction. there's a lot of other [ __ ] to do it's. like in the fall in a lot of places. football towns it's like the football. team is it so whenever you watch sh. and just can clearly see it and then. they're not a likable Bunch it's like so. we're just going to have another. miserable fall with this group of people.

I don't know I don't know and whose. fault is I don't know seemingly. everybody top down me no disrespect to. Indiana or Notre Dame or whoever else. but like you can't have the NFL team in. your city be like the third most talked. about or third most important team or. third most exciting team like that just. can't happen especially when you're not. an also ran franchise and you had pton. Manning and you know what I mean like a. lot of lot of a lot of football here a. lot of football people here in Indiana a. lot of football people here they also a.

lot of like old school people here you. know lot of old school that's why Signet. comes in here and it's like we're gonna. work hard I don't think they loved him. talking [ __ ] to Notre Dame because a lot. of Indiana people also Notre Dame fans I. think that was a miscalculation. potentially by Sig but the way he. operates old school work hard you know. uh like chip on shoulder like that. Indiana people is a very like very. military place too so like they so. whenever you got these this if you're. winning it's fine but like if you don't.

represent the state the city in the. fashion in which they would like it to. be it's like and then you also suck and. continue to suck it's. like where are you why do you get off. thinking you can be the I think what you. get a little bit of a past like. everybody knows you're going to have a. bad a bad day here and there if they and. if they know you are dying and killing. yourself to do everything possible to. make sure that you show up for these. people week in and week out then it then.

it's like okay we'll get it next week. but they got to they got to know that. that you're you're freaking going to die. on that treadmill before you let. somebody else beat you yeah and that's. the thing I don't know if these guys. even know how to turn a treadmill on you. know and that's that's seemingly the. problem just from my outside looking in. just from outside looking in. thank God I'm not on that team but also. if I was on that team it's like the. locker room can police themselves it. feel like none of that there in blue.

went in the salute to service award I I. don't even know congrats congrats BL. that's what's saving his ass right now. Blue's good blue is a good mascot yes. best is blue the one that ate foxy. that's air blue yeah I don't think air. blue won the salute service there's. multiple mascots though for the Colts. there's Junior blue Air blue then. there's actual blue Marvel Superheroes. yep that was potentially that's when you. should have known that was kind of the. turn but was it remember when we had New.

York Times Square Spider-Man fighting. off against uh Captain uh Americana yeah. uh in the middle of the thing and the. Spider-Man couldn't fit in the [ __ ]. and they were running across the field I. just saw that guy actually we took my. kids to Madam tuod the day before the. game out in La we saw the slightly. overweight Spider-Man jammed into a. Spider-Man coste trying to get pictures. with my kids well he was a halftime show. for the Colts last year and I should. have told him hey good work last year. need your back brother yeah great he. brought the host on he brought the host.

hand himself when he passed out almost. had a heart attack at the 50 yard line. cuz he ran 20 yards come on trying to. catch up with he was doing this one it. wasn't working either because I think. you got to be have a little bit of. energy to get up could he's doing one of. these a [ __ ] it I'll run and catch him. and then. he didn't know he hadn't run in a while. we could tell by looking at him but he. didn't know yeah Captain America had to. give him CPR on the 50 oh no what's the. name of Spider-Man in real life Pete. Parker so embarrassed by the Pete Parker. that they chose to put up there in the. half time.

show they'll figure it out it's Colts. they'll get it all figured out transfer. portal need it just fall to the island. of irrelevancy for a while been there. for a while yeah we're still talking. about I mean like hey only reason we're. talking about them though is because. this show happens to be from. Indianapolis. MH which isn't forever. although I love this place I do love. this place I enjoy the. city I do love the. city I don't like the rich class here in.

this city sure I don't get along with. any of the suits of the city but the. people I like the actual people you know. I like. Tyrese he's the best I like Tyrese. Alberton a lot I like the Pacers a lot I. think the fever are going to be able to. continue to do their thing if the WNBA. remains a league even though they're. trying their [ __ ] best. you know how do we get everybody to. [ __ ] hate us so we don't have a. league you know they're trying their. best every day it seems like let me open. my phone oh okay they're still trying to. ruin their league that's good that'll.

get figured out I think they'll figure. that out and fever are going to go on. and win that that's good news the people. here local business owners the people. that call this place home phenomenal. people but the Colts are the biggest. representation of the city in the. state and they got a lot of bum. Tendencies all over the place. they'll figure it out though good luck. boys come tough Jags team tough Jags. team tough Jags team tough Jags. team you still on the Colts after.

everything what you said Colts got to. beat the shite out of the Jags well. said I'll take the Colts as well oh last. game this is something they would do. let's [ __ ] up the draft pick at least. you know let's let's do one last how can. we say [ __ ] you to the city that's what. this Colts team's gonna do and we're. thankful for it Bears. Packers Packers favored by. 10 Ty anything you think about for this. game uh not a whole lot to play for I.

think it's kind of out of their hands. obviously they need to win they could. still be the uh fifth seed but or excuse. me the sixth seed but that's as high as. they could go right now they are. currently slotted as the seventh seed. okay awesome uh love that Jordan lovees. a dog yeah he didn't play great last. week but I don't know if that's. necessarily all on him um so we'll see. he he's still been good they they need. to start fast bears stink they do but. the Bears played the Packers very tough. last I mean Packers blocked the last.

second field goal to beat him so Packers. can go up to six if the commanders lose. to the Cowboys and z uh Z you wore that. Chicago Bears hat into the Chargers. facility I noticed that after we left. and yes sir you've been riding alongside. of him you have no idea who the coach is. going to be or the GM or what the future. is how do you feel about this particular. game against the Packers to wrap up this. horrendous 2024 NFL season for the Bears. I think we win in Lambo okay I'll take. the Green Bay Packers uh favored by 10.

jer's out right yeah for the rest of the. season what's that mean Ty uh nothing. because he hasn't really played like at. all the last two years so you know love. Jer though love everything give me the. points you like the Bears AJ [ __ ]. Homer give me the Packers minus 10 zitto. did not uh Zito's enthusiasm did not uh. sway me over to the Bears I'll take the. Packers favored by 10 big win going into. the playoffs to get that mojo back I. feel like Jordan love is a Swagger guy. it feels like a good one Speaking of. what you just mentioned commanders. taking on the Dallas Cowboys commanders.

favored by five going into Cooper kush's. Town Cooper Kush is sitting at 52 and a. half% of the snaps played this. particular season if they get to 55% he. hits a. $500,000 incentive uh congrats to Cooper. cup uh or Cooper Rush potentially. getting to that we assume he will with. that being said I like the. commanders buy at least a touchdown AJ. your thoughts yes with all that being. said I I like the commanders as well. I've been a big fan of what Dan Quinn. has been doing and I think they are uh I.

think they might make a little run the. playoffs Chuck you're riding High give. me the commander Saints getting 13 and a. half against Tampa who needs the win. Tampa needs a win uh for the NFC South I. like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to get the. job done here and cover don't love what. has happened with this New Orleans. Saints team oh should we think about. what just happened in New orle that's. what I was going to say I feel like that. kind of thing can really Galvanize a. team like especially when their season. has kind of largely been shite like this. could be like a nice little send off. okay so I'll take the Saints plus 13 and.

a half I I'm going to take the Saints. plus 13 and a half just because that is. bigger than the game there and a lot to. pull from especially if you're a citizen. and a member of that Community how about. you AJ who's playing quarterback for the. Saints. Spencer oh rler okay uh you know I 13. and a half yeah I think the Bucs. probably win but give me the Saints plus. 13 and a half Chuck. yeah I I love Darren Rizzy when he came. on and and talked about this this you. know tragedy that happened down there. they got so many injuries though they.

will ganize and they'll fight for a. minute I just don't think they have. enough and Tampa Bay's Riding High and. this for the NFC South title and you. know get a home playoff game all that. stuff give me Tampa I'll take the Bucks. as well uh Houston favored no Houston. going into Tennessee is a. dog believe they're resing everybody. yeah because they're locked in yeah they. can't got the number two ranked defense. in the league too nobody talks about. it everybody thinks Tennessee stinks.

they do they they do they need a. quarterback this off season Y they're. going to continue to build in that. Callahan system you would assume. Tennessee fans I think are you know kind. of distracted by the country music scene. what's going on but if that Titans team. gets good they rally behind that team I. mean that's a good football City if they. are worth. new stadium on the way too yeah so. hopefully next year they will be worth a. dam in this entirety um CJ stra not. playing who that what you said believe.

he is. not yeah I think it's like a defense as. well kind of rest in hey we're so they. rest in some offensive linemen too you. only rest your quarter like you know if. you're starting quarterback's playing. you're you're starting off offensive. line is playing are they going to pull a. couple of lineman out what's that that's. dumb what as bad as they've been playing. they need to play to get get some mojo. back I think give me Tennessee but. that's dumb you don't like you don't. like that we're resting not risking any. injuries they've been resting for the.

last five weeks that's like the Steelers. too like the Steelers cannot have a four. game schneide going into the playoffs. like they need to win a game no matter. what's on the line whether they're. looking at the next week or not it's. like Texans same I think you need to. figure out how to play good ball again I. I think you would want to go do that. what are you saying tone I I haven't. seen anything yet that he's officially. out but I think we're just judging based. off the line I'll take the Texans I'll. take the Texans who need one down there. in Tennessee beautiful city of Nashville. who do you like AJ I like the Texans as. well Giants Eagles everybody's resting. in Philadelphia including saquan who is.

101 yards away or what is the. number1 101 yards away from the all-time. leading rushing record here's what. saquan had to say about the. decision coach asked me uh you know what. I like to do we had a. conversation um um and you know call me. back uh let me know that we're probably. going to be wrestling and um uh my. reaction was kind of like I told my. family obviously my family you know.

probably wanted a little bit more than. me uh but at the end of the day the most. important thing is uh winning football. games and we in the playoffs so um I got. a bigger goal in M anyway what your. message to when you did that I mean he. asked me if I wanted to play if I want. to go for it um I said on Sunday you. know I probably didn't care too much for. it when I slept on it it was like there. opportunity uh to implant my you know my. name in football history may never get. another opportunity like that again uh.

so I'm down but at the end of the day. like I don't care for putting the team. at. risk he's the head coach for a reason he. makes those decisions and whatever. decision he he wanted to make I let him. know if you want me to play I'm going to. go out there and make sure I get it and. if we don't I'm okay with that too isn't. it crazy that if that's 50 yards they're. going for right cuz he can get that in. the first quarter 101 yards that's like. that's a full game going for 101 yards. so serani literally has to sit there and. just be like if I play him and he gets.

hurt let's say it's 30 yards into this. thing somehow rolls an ankle I'm not. saying that saquan isn't built Ram truck. tough okay I'm not saying that that. isn't the case but I'm saying if you. play him and he gets it and nothing. happens to him huge success way to go we. did it we we're in we're in the history. books for forever this is going to be. one that's going to be tough to ever get. especially with the way football has. kind of changed but if he plays him he. gets hurt it's [ __ ] fire Ser is fired. gone gone no questions asked gone see.

you get this goofball the hell out of. the city we said this John was going to. make a decision that was going to ruin. our season oh oh for a running back. record okay well he did in 17 games. anyways wasn't 16 games that that's how. people would react now granny he doesn't. play him doesn't give him an opportunity. this guy don't like his players this. this is a I know we've talked about. serani a lot this year because everybody. else has talked about him they're on a. winning team and the reason why they're. not playing is because they've already. figured out what their playoffs look. like and everything they're in there.

they're a very good team but this is not. a decision I'm happy that I would ever. have to make I am very thankful no you. don't want any part of it it's a no- win. deal but you remember earlier in the. year when serani went down to saquan. there sitting on the bench and he had. that that monster game I forget Giants I. met myli okay so he's at 170 180 yards. right against Giants and he said no let. them other guys e sequ so he's very. selfless in this and it's a it's a huge. you know it's a really really tough. decision for the for the head coach but. he's doing the best thing I like that.

his family saquon's family was like yeah. you real nice what you're were saying it. doesn't matter you know how long. Dickerson's had this [ __ ] record. there's a reason this one is a long one. who knows if you're ever going to get. back into this situation to go get this. thing and I am speaking as a person that. was a very small part of a member of a. team that was undefeated and chose to. lose the final two games basically by. wrestling all the players going in the. playoffs and we lose in the Super Bowl. to the New Orleans Saints and Reggie. Bush who was great on the field pass. yesterday yeah he was C to him high. fashion had to figure it out because.

they gave him a jacket too big but the. older players I think as they look back. obviously regret losing to the Saints. but obviously didn't like that they. weren't given the opportunity to maybe. have a perfect season but if they play. in those last two games and somebody. gets hurt we lose cuz we're a very not. deep team we're a very high-end team you. lose Dallas Clark you lose Wayne you. lose one of the offensive linemen [ __ ]. God forbid [ __ ] gets her any of those. situations it's like you're in massive. Jeopardy and Bill poon made that. decision I think for everybody Jim cwood.

didn't make I think it was Bill poon was. like nope we are looking forward to the. playoffs that's not a fun position to be. sequan we assume you'll get it next year. oh yeah do you think do you think if he. wins a Super Bowl gets a ring this year. if he didn't like if he got the Russian. record Hall of Fame one way or another. affects his resume sequ one like so if. he doesn't win a got the record but. didn't win a ring or vice versa record. automatic into the H of Fame record. automatic into h of Fame S I think. saquon's at the point now where he's.

going to end up he's only the ninth guy. right only the ninth guy to get 2,000. plus rushing yards we just put up the. list over here about um it's a huge deal. yes huge deal obviously Adrien Jamal. you're talking about the who's who of. this entire thing Mal High salute you. think he's in already regardless then I. think here he was also what what pick. was he two yeah I think if you're that. highly totted and then what he's going. to do with philadel I think in Philly. he's GNA have to go here I think he's. gonna have to have multiple years like. this because how bad the Giants were but. I think he is on a path to all of Fame I.

think everybody kind of can see it the. reverse jump over backwards guy it's. just like this thing is different but. you get the rushing record you're. automatically in if you're a running. back I think what would you. do i' I'd do it serion I wouldn't play. them cuz and you're going against the. Giants too and last thing they they're. going to ow him they'll put 10 guys in. that box and just let you throw. touchdown passes before they're going to. let this guy who says that that's what. the Giants would do or that that would.

work guarantee you Mr Mera it doesn't. matter what Mr Mara said we've already. seen him say a lot of things just. completely. backfires yeah I wouldn't throw him I. wouldn't throw him out there 101's a lot. of yards I wish he was playing no I. thought it was I thought it was going to. be much I thought it was going to be you. know 150 160 and then I still thought. maybe they'll give him shot when I saw. 101 I'm thinking sequin might do that in. a quarter and a half and then get him. out of there yeah yeah legit I'm okay. either way I I would like to let. everybody know I'm okay either way if he. goes for it and gets it legendary if he.

goes for it and gets hurt but then you. got to play all those great offensive. lineman you have as well too right if. he's going for it they're going yeah. they all have they want the record too. as dbut said that's not just a running. back they gotta that's if he breaks it I. mean the 2000 is already a testament to. the oine o line coach everything. offensive coordinator but that is kind. of an offense team award when a guy like. that breaks that R can't live in your. fears either right n what if your fear. becomes your reality and then all of a. sudden it's oh no this guy's a big dumb. dip [ __ ] he's yelling at the fans again.

why'd you put him out oh that's cute oh. that's real cute put him out there. somebody going to be an adult in the. room serani he say what you want for me. you how would you like to go up to that. Podium oh after if you get hurt. oh I always good for my guys I [ __ ] up. okay just like what you want me to say. why'd you do. it do we not want are we not trying to. break records we trying to win Super. Bowls right we're trying to win Super. Bowls too breaking records is nice isn't.

it well is it I don't know is it nice. whenever you lose a guy well yeah and I. guess not saquon's out for rest of the. season it's maybe not so nice but we'll. be okay we'll be just fine I don't think. he has to be okay we looked at the. percentage of the offense that runs. through one guy first everybody else and. now you got to go to your most important. game and you're without your your Ace. because he played what this point. doesn't matter cuz I'm going to get. [ __ ] fired after your season anyway. okay Coach we that's the reality of the. situation that serani has to figure out. all right let's go to the next game here. do we like the Philadelphia Eagles.

uh favored by two and a half Giants are. kind of hot they are very hot now Drew. lock yeah I'll take Drew lock got that. thing on I'm gonna take Drew lock uh in. the New York what a [ __ ] horrible. thing to come out of your mouth I like. the New York Giants against a. Philadelphia Bruce how do you how's it. it doesn't sound good coming out but. what you guys did to the Colts makes me. believe you guys maybe got a shot I mean. we win and we fall at Ninth looking for. our franchise quarterback of the future. so I'm hoping Malik neighbors goes out.

there I think he needs like probably. three four five catches I forget the. number to break PUK and dea's record and. then you know yank him and and hopefully. lose this game on purpose okay okay so. they're trying to lose Eagles aren't. trying to win what who do you like who. do you like Chuck I'll take Philly okay. just because the amount of talent uh AJ. yeah I'm gonna take Philly here I will. as well just because it's impossible for. me to even I tried to say it I tried to. say Giants plus two almost had it I just. couldn't do it Chiefs Broncos Broncos.

favored by 10 and a half with the Kansas. City Chiefs resting everybody similar. situation to when Patrick Mahomes. actually got his first time playing in. the NFL Kansas City Chiefs with Alex. Smith has already secured whatever their. playoff spot was going to be last week. of the year they're playing the Denver. Broncos in Denver Patrick Mahomes comes. out and wins for the Kansas City Chiefs. didn't need to win did win they would. then trade Alex Smith to Washington. Patrick Mahomes would become the new. quarterback new franchise quarterback. for Kansas City and then That's All She. Wrote then it became a whole new era of.

NFL Dynasty football will Carson Wentz. be able to do the same thing and keep it. within 10 and a half how many people are. not playing Patrick Mahomes is not. playing that means Travis probably not. playing Chris Jones is not playing on. defensive side how many more people do. we know you would think Hollywood cuz. he's been banged up all year peo PCO. definitely not playing is Tony playing. out there can't can't afford to let him. get hurt where's Joe Toney from I. believe he's from Centerville Ohio Pat. did you know that Joe tunley from.

Centerville did you he's an elk did not. know that no he's not he didn't go to. Cent he went to the Catholic school he. went to alter where Nick mango went but. yes he is from Centerville okay so he's. got Centerville Water pumping through. his body he doesn't have elk Pride. though Legend he doesn't have he could. have though we could he could have been. an elk for sure I don't know putting. that elk coming on you're going to have. to Ern that I don't know if Joe Tony. would have been able to crack the. starting lineup over there which is. probably why I want hang out with the. Catholics out there I not know he was in. Ohio [ __ ] makes sense though if he just.

says put me a tackle you need to put me. a tackle give up anything unbeliev down. everybody he's not playing I assume. right doubt it Patrick Mahomes isn't. playing you only got 45 guys on the. roster now guys remember that that's not. true it's not like you can more you got. 53 and then you got to sit no now with. the they got 18 on the practice squad. right Co yeah but you can't just sign. all those and cut everybody and bring. those guys up Tony you got to play. people so who do you. like 10 and a half take Carl Wentz and. the Chiefs give me 10 and a half wow.

Andy Reid still coaching that's what. Chuck just said is smag still coaching. is to still coaching are the coaches. taking the game off or are they still. think they get to rest B oh no they. would want it any other way that's like. fourth quarter of those preseason games. they get shot on those head coaches and. they still like died in it's like. imagine this the young players that are. getting an opportunity you know how big. this is for them they freaking go off. what do you think AJ you like the. Broncos who are in a must-win situation.

uh or do you like the Kansas City Chiefs. who are kind of saying you know let's. mail it. in I uh obviously I love what the. Broncos defense does I like Bo Knicks. but I'm taking the Chiefs here this is. Carson Wentz like another coming out. party he gets to reintroduce himself to. the nation as a great quarterback allow. me to reintroduce myself my name's car. I'll take the Chiefs plus 10 and a half. wow Seahawks Rams Seahawks favored by 6. and a half going into Los Angeles James. Garoppolo at quarterback for the.

Rams I'll take the. Seahawks same I'll take the. Rams they're resting not Jimmy G they're. not playing anybody I don't remember. Jimmy G enough you know that was just a. few years ago he. wasn't went to a Super Bowl was shite in. Vegas good looking some bit Gino Smith. needs1 185 passing yards for a $2. million incentive okay give me the. Seattle Seahawks that means they're. going to hand it off to his his walker.

back you think the Seahawks are GNA just. F him you think so they're going to run. the ball 45 times imagine they're going. to have a uh Jet Sweep to DK meaf. they're going to have Jet Sweep to T A. lot of these a lot of these a lot of. these let's go Boys 2 million that's a. big that is a massive pay what's another. incentive that's huge Mike Evans needs. 85 yards and a touchdown for $3 million. is that what I. saw Yes 85 yards five receptions 85.

yards no touchdowns needed three million. do in that is a gigantic a gigantic. incentive normally it's like 250,000. what you're seeing down here 500,000 is. a big one $3. million for a five reception 85 yard. game for Mike Evans congrats to him on. picking up a quick three mil I mean. that's fantastic Gino Smith $2 million. incentives these are huge this when you. sign a deal there and you give a team a. friendly discount and then everything's.

like incentive leaden $3 million. incentive Laden is being nice to the. Tampa Bay Buccaneers but now that you're. on the precipice of it I believe Biker's. probably going to be looking for Mike. Evans a lot that go ahead that three. million is also I believe for him to get. 1, yards which I think is his 12th. straight season getting a th000 Yards. First ballot obviously another 3 mil in. the books Destin. dehop DeAndre Hopkins not Dustin Hopkins. kicker for the Browns dehop a touchdown. six receptions 140 yards which could. happen with Carl went 750,000 Kyler. Murray a rushing touchdown plus 50 Rush.

yard 750 Grand Derrick Henry Corin. Sutton Tony Pard Joe Mixon valz. scantling and Dobbins all playing for a. little bit of cashola good luck to all. you guys we hope you secure it uh Carl. Wentz we like him Seattle Seahawks minus. 6 and a half I like him AJ who'd you. take I'm taking Jimmy G in the ring here. okay ners cards we just talked about. Kyler Murray has the ability to win some. stuff uh favored by four at home against. his Niners team that fought valiantly. against the Lions that was a hell of a. Monday night football game we were just.

catching it in Clips because the Wi-Fi. on the playe obviously not as great as. you could imagine quarterback for who. Sam frown who is it BR. theut I would take the Arizona Cardinals. favored by four at home me too Chuck. will as well AJ give me the Cardinals. Dolphins. Jets dolphins. are Huntley played his best game that.

he's ever played as a Miami Dolphin last. week two his injury pops up out of. nowhere now he's missing again that. sounds very that feels serious yes. definitely this one feels very serious. don't know what it is it's the same hip. they said but they haven't really right. they haven't fully put it out what it is. y Jets fresh off their worst game of all. time now what is Aaron's future look. like nobody knows he said open. everything attached to nothing MH that. includes playing again that includes. playing for the Jets if they want to. keep him there the new regime which we. all assume not going to be the case h.

but there's going to be a lot of teams. that potentially need a quarterback will. Aaron roggers test the waters to go. elsewhere will he be a jet or will he. just not play football and sail off into. the sunset so are we looking at. potentially last hurah here for Aaron. Rogers who's a Mount Rushmore football. player of all time AJ who do you like. how do you like it here in meti are they. going to put fireman head up on the. jumbo Dron H I don't know if that will. happen or not but man Dolphins traveling. to New York not sure what the weather. will be like to a being out give me the. Jets here I I think so I I think Aaron.

understands and this is not from. information he's told me but Aaron. understands what's going on around him. there's a chance this is the last time. here there was a it was like an article. or something came out that said like he. is very aware that this is this could. possibly be his last Devonte is going to. have 48. targets how about G Wilson you going to. get him the wall or not I don't think so. jeez maybe there's a chance yeah I like. the Jets as well you like the Jets how. about that that's just as hard to say. the Giants there that's just as hard to.

say the I'll take the Jets plus one. taking on the Miami Dolphins coming in. the CT first must-win team you guys uh. didn't take I don't think yeah well. listen we watched what the Colts did. last week no Broncos they all took the. Chiefs 10 and a half. though like a money line spread Chargers. Raiders Raiders is getting five at home. I'll tell you what we all know which way. we're going here mhm I know I wasn't. even with you and I know which way. exactly and I kind of got a glimpse into. what hard ball is telling the team this.

week I think he's going to have the boys. ready to go go message yeah I I uh I. like the Chargers favored by five here. in week 18 go ahead age yeah Justin. Herbert Jim Harbaugh give me the. Chargers here there is some playoff. implication seating here in this. particular they will know like they'll. know if the Steelers lose then they can. have something to play for but if the. Steelers win on Saturday they will have. nothing to play and then it all comes. down this Vikings lions for the number. one seed in the NFC two NFC North teams. battling at 14-2 for HomeField Advantage.

for the rest of the way what a. phenomenal season by both of these teams. congrats to the Vikings rebuilding. becoming who they are congrats to the. Lions getting out of the depths of Hell. from professional sports franchises to. get to this point that they're in so. many injuries all season long they've. been able to continue to stack dubs. because the pillars of that team are all. in on being tough a high football IQ. team having fun while doing it and. winning games AJ who do you like how do. you like it so I I told you earlier in. the program I was leaning towards the.

Lions here on this one and I uh I I. stand strong with that I I love the. Vikings what they do but give me the. Detroit Lions at home I think they find. a way to get it make it happen I guess. Chuck Pagano shoot out [ __ ] ton of. points bet the over I'll take the Lions. too I will take the Lions as well. congrats to the vi having to go on the. road you know take the long way home at. least for one round of the playoffs I. think they'll do that let's enjoy the. hell out of this weekend a football. let's know the college football playoffs. will continue next week and also in an.

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